Kindheartedness Quotes & Sayings

He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself). — J.R.R. Tolkien

He looks trapped, helpless and furious, and that's a feeling I know too well. Know how much it hurts. Know how it holds you down, how every day there are a thousand little ways to see there is nothing you can do to change who or what you are. — Elizabeth Scott

The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp. — Brandon Sanderson

Jason hated being old. — Rick Riordan

Unexpected and pleasant surprises occur every day...random kindnesses from a stranger; would-be tragic accidents narrowly avoided; sicknesses healed.... We will notice if we look. We will see good sprinkled liberally over every day if we are open. — Steve Goodier

Trust in God and destroy fear, which paralyzes all efforts to succeed and attracts the very thing you fear. — Paramahansa Yogananda

She knew, of course that she was being supremely unfair, that Franz was the best man she ever had- he was intelligent, he understood her paintings, he was handsome and good-but the more she thought about it, the more she longed to ravish his intelligence, defile his kindheartedness, and violate his powerless strength — Milan Kundera

His years on earth had taught him that good things happen to those who honor the kindheartedness of others. — Imbolo Mbue

How do we work with our minds when we meet our match? Rather than indulge or reject our experience, we can somehow let the energy of the emotion, the quality of what we're feeling, pierce us to the heart. This is easier said than done, but it's a noble way to live. It's definitely the path of compassion - the path of cultivating human bravery and kindheartedness. — Pema Chodron

Some justice, though did not deal with kindheartedness or good feeling toward others. No, justice had a darker side, a gray area where it mingled alongside vengeance, and only the wise and pure of heart were able to tell the two apart. That kind of justice was swift. It was only called upon afer mercy and morals fail. It was the darkest form of goodness known to anyone, even the gods, and required only the strongest, most daring men to bring about. — Evan Meekins

It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary. — Gerrit Smith

We might respect a serious person with an austere and rigid personality, but we adore merry, kindhearted, and artistic people. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Oh, justice is what you're threatened with. — Thomas Cromwell

Courage is the facing of a challenge with a healthy fear, not being fearless. — Les Stroud

The only conclusion he could draw was that without points of reference, a man melts away. — Michel Houellebecq

I'd rather write poetry than watch TV it allows me to share the wide screen in me. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling. — Wendell Berry