“WHEN WE TREAT PEOPLE MERELY AS THEY ARE, THEY WILL REMAIN AS THEY ARE. WHEN WE TREAT THEM AS IF THEY WERE WHAT THEY SHOULD BE, THEY WILL BECOME WHAT THEY SHOULD BE.”
—Thomas S. Monson
Other kindness quotations you might like:
“WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I ADMIRED CLEVER PEOPLE. NOW THAT I AM OLD, I ADMIRE KIND PEOPLE”
—Abraham Joshua Heschel
“HOW LOVELY TO THINK THAT NO ONE NEED WAIT A MOMENT. WE CAN START NOW, START SLOWLY, CHANGING THE WORLD. HOW LOVELY THAT EVERYONE, GREAT AND SMALL, CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD INTRODUCING JUSTICE STRAIGHTAWAY. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS, ALWAYS GIVE SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT IS ONLY KINDNESS!”
—Anne Frank
“I EXPECT TO PASS THROUGH LIFE BUT ONCE. IF THEREFORE, THERE BE ANY KINDNESS I CAN SHOW, OR ANY GOOD THING I CAN DO TO ANY FELLOW BEING, LET ME DO IT NOW, AND NOT DEFER OR NEGLECT IT, AS I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN.”
—William Penn
“A LITTLE KINDNESS FROM PERSON TO PERSON IS BETTER THAN A VAST LOVE FOR ALL HUMANKIND.”
—Richard Dehmel
“KINDNESS IS GIVING HOPE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE ALL ALONE IN THIS WORLD.”
—RAKtivist
“I SPEAK TO EVERYONE IN THE SAME WAY, WHETHER HE IS THE GARBAGE MAN OR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY”
—Albert Einstein
