100+ Be Kind Quotes | InspiringQuotes.us

source: Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.133, Dial Press

topic: Mind, Be Kind, Cry

I will be kind to everybody, particularly to those whom I find troublesome.

- Anthony Mary Claret

source: St. Anthony Mary Claret “The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret”, TAN Books

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Serving Others, Troublesome, Claret

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.

- Aristotle

topic: People, Needs, Be Kind

Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.

- Bertolt Brecht

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Kind

The overarching factor to me is if we can't be kind to each other, we won't be kind to the planet.

- Bob Brown

topic: Reality, Be Kind, Kind

I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

- Carlos Alazraqui

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Jealous, Be Kind, Bitter

You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel.

- Carol Plum-Ucci

source: Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Angel, Be Kind, Kind

Sometimes one must choose whether to be kind or honorable," he said. "Sometimes one cannot be both.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Be Kind, Sometimes, Said

In his own country, Death can be kind.

- Catherynne M. Valente

topic: Country, Be Kind, Kind

At least with pets, and for all I know, people too, intelligence and quick-wittedness have nothing to do with a talent for being loved, or being kind, nothing at all, less than nothing.

- Charles Baxter

source: Charles Baxter (2009). “The Feast of Love”, p.62, Vintage

topic: People, Pet, Be Kind

Those faces you see every day on the streets were not created entirely without hope: be kind to them: like you they have not escaped.

- Charles Bukowski

topic: Be Kind, Faces, Like You

When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough] to wake a person up

- Chogyam Trungpa

topic: Compassion, Creative, Be Kind

I think, like, Twitter is somewhat difficult sometimes, and it can be kind of negative.

- Chrissy Teigen

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Thinking, Negative, Be Kind

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.

- Christina Baker Kline

topic: Trying, Be Kind, Assumption

My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff.

- Christopher Walken

topic: Musical, Actors, Be Kind, Showoffs

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

- Dan Buettner

source: Dan Buettner (2012). “The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest”, p.85, National Geographic Books

topic: Vegetables, People, Be Kind, Positive Outlook

Be kind. Be courteous. Love others and be happy. It's that simple.

- Daniel Norris

topic: Simple, Be Kind, Kind, Courteous

What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man.

- Deanna Raybourn

topic: Men, Want, Be Kind

Be kind to yourself and others. Come from love every moment you can.

- Deepak Chopra

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Moments, Be Kind To Yourself

Be kind to everyone; forgive everyone everything.

- Dharma Mittra

topic: Yoga, Forgiving, Be Kind

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

- Don Herold

topic: Funny, Be Kind, Kind, Considerate, Be Considerate

Be kind, man - don't be mankind.

- Don Van Vliet

topic: Men, Be Kind, Kind, Kind Man

Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.

- Ellen DeGeneres

topic: Bye, Be Kind, Kind

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

- Epictetus

topic: Giving, Be Kind, Kind

We are made kind by being kind.

- Eric Hoffer

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Kind

I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.

- Eva Zeisel

topic: Be Kind, Grotesque, Shock

Everything in the country, animate and inanimate, seems to whisper, be serene, be kind, be happy. We grow tolerant there unconsciously.

- Fanny Fern

topic: Country, Be Kind, Serene

Be kind to me, or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

- Fiona Apple

topic: Mean, Machines, Be Kind

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

- Franz Bardon

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Relentless

If you want to be holy, be kind.

- Frederick Buechner

topic: Want, Be Kind, Kind

BeingÂ veganÂ is not just a matter of being 'kind' to animals. Â First and foremost, it is a matter of being just and observing our moral obligation to not treat other sentient beings as things.

- Gary L. Francione

topic: Animal, Matter, Be Kind

Beauty should be kind, as well as charm.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

source: "To Myra". line 21,

topic: Beauty, Be Kind, Charm

I still think of my mum as being kind of a dork - a cooler one, but still a dork.

- Georgia May Jagger

source: "Georgia May Jagger" by Derek Blasberg, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 28, 2009.

topic: Thinking, Be Kind, Dork

If I could just walk around and light the candles with my finger, that would be kind of cool.

- Gwyneth Paltrow

topic: Light, Would Be, Be Kind

And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language.

- Hanif Kureishi

source: Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

topic: Silence, Darkness, Be Kind

Being kind to others is a way of being good to yourself.

- Harold S. Kushner

topic: Charity, Way, Be Kind, Be Kind To Others

I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.

- Harold S. Kushner

topic: People, Goal, Be Kind

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.

- Helen Steiner Rice

topic: Christmas, Mind, Be Kind, Humorous Christmas, Jesus And Christmas

Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind.

- Henri Frederic Amiel

topic: Kindness, Haste, Be Kind

Be kind to everyone,becaus e everyone you meet is fighting a battle

- Ian Maclaren

topic: Fighting, Battle, Be Kind

Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.

- J. C. Watts

topic: Thinking, Might, Be Kind

When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind..

- Jackson Browne

topic: Soul, Care, Be Kind

Be kind to the living.

- James McBride

topic: Be Kind, Kind

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

- Jane Lynch

topic: Want, Be Kind, Kind

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

- Jeff Cooper

source: Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.45, Paladin Press

topic: Finding Yourself, Be Kind, Tough

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

- Jenny Holzer

topic: Be Kind, Kind

It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.

- Joaquin Phoenix

topic: Animal, Be Kind, Vegan, Vegan Health

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

- John Lithgow

topic: People, Care, Be Kind, Considerate, Be Considerate

You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today

- Joyce Meyer

topic: World, Today, Be Kind, Random Acts Of Kindness, Better Place

It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.

- Judi Dench

topic: Get Better, Down And, Be Kind

Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

- Jules Renard

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Kind

I wanted it to be kind of dreamy and 1920s, when everything is soft-focus,

- Kate Moss

topic: Focus, Be Kind, Wanted, Dreamy

We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad.

- Katey Sagal

topic: Desire, Be Kind, Kind

I pride myself on being kind.

- Katherine Heigl

topic: Pride, Be Kind, Kind

There's only one rule that I know of, babiesâ€”God damn it, you've got to be kind.

- Kurt Vonnegut

topic: Baby, Be Kind, Kind

God damn it, you've got to be kind.

- Kurt Vonnegut

topic: Compassion, Be Kind, Kind

The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.

- L. Ron Hubbard

topic: Be Kind, Assets, Ability

Haven't we all, as time continues, found that we must be kind to ourselves and listen to our thoughts, because fewer and fewer of those remain who know what is most real to us?

- Lan Samantha Chang

source: Lan Samantha Chang (2000). “Hunger: a novella and stories”, Penguin Group USA

topic: Real, Be Kind, Kind

Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, though I may suffer, I'll envy it not and endure what comes cause he is all that I got

- Lauryn Hill

source: Song: Tell Him, Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

topic: Envy, Suffering, Be Kind, Unselfish

Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind.

- Lauryn Hill

topic: Be Kind, Patient, Blind

Wear your heart on your sleeve and be kind. And just be the way you are-what you see is what you get.

- Leighton Meester

topic: Heart, Way, Be Kind, Heart On Your Sleeve

My thoughts on body image are simple: if you are being kind to yourself mentally and physically you never have anything to be ashamed for, ever.

- Lena Dunham

topic: Simple, Body, Be Kind

Character is the architect of the being.

- Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

topic: Kindness, Character, Be Kind

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

- Louise Penny

source: Louise Penny (2013). “How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.16, Macmillan

topic: Be Kind, Kind

If you are open with someone, he will be open with you. If you want love from someone, give your love to him. If you want kind and sympathetic behavior from someone, be kind and sympathetic to him...

- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

topic: Giving, Want, Be Kind

The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them.

- Margaret Atwood

topic: Way, Be Kind, Bears

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

- Mark Twain

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Kind

Then i imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.

- Mary Ann Shaffer

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Cry

I will be sad. I've gotten very attached to Harry and all that goes on in his world, I guess I'll just be kind of tasting every bit of it because it will be the last one.

- Mary GrandPre

source: "Illustrator Works on Harry Potter Books", www.foxnews.com. March 13, 2005.

topic: Be Kind, Lasts, Goes On

To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.

- Mary, Queen of Scots

topic: Happiness, Love Is, Be Kind, Key To Happiness, Always Be Happy

I am trying to be kind instead of right.

- Matthew Quick

topic: Trying, Be Kind, Kind

I am practicing being kind over being right.

- Matthew Quick

topic: Be Kind, Kind

I choose kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me

- Max Lucado

topic: Kindness, Compassion, Be Kind

Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all, remember to be happy.

- Melody Beattie

source: Melody Beattie (2013). “Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul”, p.8, Harper Collins

topic: Feelings, Be Kind, Care

Follow the Golden Rule. Â Be kind to your neighbors, love them as much as you would love yourself, do unto others....

- Michael Jackson

topic: Love You, Golden, Be Kind

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

- Michael Sheen

topic: Thinking, Acting, Be Kind, Best Acting

Be good. Be kind to each other. And if there's somebody you love, tell them. The world always needs more love.

- Mira Grant

source: Mira Grant (2011). “Deadline: The Newsflesh Trilogy:”, p.59, Hachette UK

topic: World, Be Kind, Needs

Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

- Misha Collins

topic: Be Kind, World, Enough, Be Kind To Yourself

Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Kindness, Expression, Be Kind

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

- Mother Teresa

topic: People, May, Be Kind, Frankness, Kind People

Be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Miracle, Be Kind, Faults, Unkindness

Slow down, simplify and be kind.

- Naomi Judd

source: Naomi Judd (2008). “Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Slow Down

One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.

- Oscar Wilde

topic: Caring, People, Be Kind

When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.

- Owen Wister

source: Owen Wister (2016). “WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION: The Promised Land, The Virginian, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Jimmyjohn Boss, Napoleon Shave-Tail, Hank's Woman, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Padre Ignacio and more: Historical Novels, Adventures and Romances, Including the First Cowboy Novel Set in the Wild West”, p.360, e-artnow

topic: Men, Ideas, Be Kind

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

- Paul the Apostle

topic: Forgiving, Be Kind, Christ

Read everything and be kind.

- Penn Jillette

topic: Be Kind, Kind

There is no choice between being kind to others, and being kind to ourselves. It is the same thing.

- Piero Ferrucci

source: Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life--Tenth Anniversary Edition”, p.293, Penguin

topic: Choices, Be Kind, Kind, Be Kind To Others

It's all really very simple. You don't have to choose between being kind to yourself and others. It's one and the same.

- Piero Ferrucci

topic: Simple, Be Kind, Kind

In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough.

- Pierre de Marivaux

topic: Be Kind, World, Enough

As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind.

- Pranab Mukherjee

topic: Denmark, Be Kind, Said

Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.

- R. J. Palacio

source: R. J. Palacio (2017). “The Wonder eOmni Collection: Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder”, p.305, Knopf Books for Young Readers

topic: Be Kind, Enough, Should

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.

- R. J. Palacio

topic: Inspiring Love, Be Kind, Kind

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.

- R. J. Palacio

topic: Kindness, Choices, Be Kind

Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime.

- Richard Carlson

topic: Motivational, Be Kind, Kind, Being Rude, Inspirational Kindness

Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.

- Richard Russo

topic: Graduation, Be Kind, Tire, Transplants, Liver

Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them.

- Ricky Gervais

topic: Animal, Be Kind, Kind

Between being 'right' and being kind, I know which way I vote.

- Robert A. Heinlein

topic: Be Kind, Way, Kind

Only if you're kind to yourself, can you be kind to others.

- Ruby Wax

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Be Kind To Others

Be kind to yourself, dear - to our innocent follies. Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance. You will come to see that all evolves us.

- Rumi

topic: Compassion, Be Kind, Sound, Be Kind To Yourself

Be kind and honest, and harmful poisons will turn sweet inside you.

- Rumi

topic: Sweet, Be Kind, Poison

Be soulful. Be kind. Be in love.

- Rumi

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Soulful

Be kind to bad and good, for you don't know your own heart.

- Sarah Winnemucca

source: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1883). “Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims”, p.51, University of Nevada Press

topic: Heart, Be Kind, Kind

Be kind to dragons, for thou art crunchy when toasted and taste good with ketchup. (Sebastian)

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

topic: Art, Dragons, Be Kind, Ketchup, Crunchy

The very nature of kindness is to spread. If you are kind to others, today they will be kind to you, and tomorrow to somebody else.

- Sri Chinmoy

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Today, Be Kind To Others

Be kind, be all sympathy, For each and every human being Is forced to fight against himself.

- Sri Chinmoy

topic: Fighting, Empathy, Be Kind

Don't be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You're not perfect, fine. Learn from it. But don't punish yourself. Be kind to you, even when you screw up. You'll bounce back eventually. You'll make up for it.

- Stephanie Klein

topic: Perfect, Screw Ups, Be Kind

It's always better to be kind. I'm glad I know why." -Wanda

- Stephenie Meyer

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Glad

It's not a good feeling--knowing that you profoundly deserve the title of monster. It's better to be kind than to feel guilty.

- Stephenie Meyer

topic: Knowing, Feelings, Be Kind

To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.

- Tariq Ramadan

topic: Kindness, Return, Be Kind, Expecting Nothing In Return

I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others.

- Tinie Tempah

topic: Thinking, Have Faith, Be Kind, Be Kind To Others

Being kind to animals is not enough. Avoiding cruelty is not enough. Housing animals in more comfortable, larger cages is not enough. Whether we exploit animals to eat, to wear, to entertain us, or to learn, the truth of animal rights requires empty cages, not larger cages.

- Tom Regan

topic: Animal, Rights, Be Kind, Animal Abuse, Animal Liberation

Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is.

- Tsem Tulku

topic: Animal, Be Kind, Eating, Eating Animals

It doesn't matter how bad things are, something good could happen always. And it doesn't matter how many excuses you have for behaving in an unkind manner towards others. There's never any excuse for not being kind and it's always better to be kind even if it seems pointless and that in fact is the highest wisdom - being kind. It sounds like a very noble, ethereal, simplistic idea but it's true.

- Viggo Mortensen

topic: Ideas, Matter, Be Kind, Excuse You, Ethereal

I happen to be kind of an inquisitive guy and when I see things I don't like, I start thinking, why do they have to be like this and how can I improve them?

- Walt Disney

topic: Thinking, Guy, Be Kind, Inquisitive

With all the hatred in this world, in this good world, let us be kind to one another,

- Walter Breuning

topic: Hatred, Be Kind, World

Be kind to an old man.

- Walter Cronkite

topic: Men, Be Kind, Aging

When you have the choice between being right and being kind just choose kind.

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Inspiration, Choices, Be Kind

In interactions with others, instead of trying to be right, why don't we try being kind?

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Trying, Be Kind, Kind, Interaction With Others

It is better to be kind than right.

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Be Kind, Kind

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Inspirational, Choices, Be Kind

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return, not even a thank-you. The universal all-creating Spirit responds to acts of kindness with the response: "How may I be kind to you?"

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Kindness, Creating, Be Kind

Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Giving Up, Giving, Be Kind

When you have a choice whether to be be right or to be kind, choose to be kind.

- Wayne Dyer

topic: Relationship, Choices, Be Kind

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

- Whoopi Goldberg

topic: Helping Others, Be Kind, Remember, Volunteerism, Wildfires

Be honest. Be kind. Be honorable. Work hard. And always be awesome.

- Wil Wheaton

source: Twitter post from Aug 20, 2013

topic: Hard Work, Be Kind, Honest

To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.

- William Dunbar

topic: Humble, Tonight, Be Kind

I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Memorable, Be Kind, Cruelty, Horatio, Denmark In Hamlet

I must be cruel, only to be kind.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Memorable, Be Kind, Kind

Don't be kind of bold. Be bold.

- William Zinsser

topic: Be Kind, Kind

The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.

- Yasmin Mogahed

topic: Forgiving, Be Kind, Apologizing

Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you'.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Saying Thank You

Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You've got to be kind to yourself You've got to be kind to yourself

- Zooey Deschanel

topic: Worry, Be Kind, Wells, Be Kind To Yourself

Be kind to yourself, to others and everything around you.

- Alexandra Stoddard

source: Alexandra Stoddard (1990). “Daring to be Yourself”, Doubleday Books

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Kind, Be Kind To Yourself

I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible.

- Ann Goldstein

source: Source: time.com

topic: Thinking, Important, Be Kind

Painting and animation can be kind of long work. Music was more immediate and more fun.

- Babatunde Adebimpe

source: "The Survivors: TV on the Radio". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 15, 2011.

topic: Fun, Long, Be Kind

If I don't take care of myself and be kind to myself, then I can't take care of anyone else.

- Beth Riesgraf

topic: Care, Be Kind, Ifs, Enough Sleep

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

- Caroline Polachek

source: Source: pitchfork.com

topic: Be Kind, Pressure, Kind

It's not too hard to play Fender Rhodes keyboard if you get the right one, with some good action on the keys. If you got an old one that ain't been touched up, it could be kind of difficult to get real loose on it.

- D'Angelo

topic: Real, Be Kind, Action

A big part of making a good record is really getting a vibe, and a vibe is a mysterious thing. The vibe kind of exists in the air in the room. It's not just all the stuff you put on there, and the specific notes and arrangements and all that. That's like half of it. The other half is just the air, and just the spirit.

- Eef Barzelay

source: Source: www.avclub.com

topic: Be Kind, Spirit, Mysterious

I've always tried to be kind of poetic in my lyrical approach.

- Erik Rutan

source: Source: pitchfork.com

topic: Be Kind, Poetic, Lyrical

The spirit of my films... I always want them to be kind of contrarian. Meticulous on the one hand, but unbelievably sloppy and careless on the other. I guess that's what you get anyway, if you're not planning very much.

- Guy Maddin

source: Source: www.avclub.com

topic: Hands, Be Kind, Want, Sloppy, Meticulous

Just be kind to each other. That's it.

- Jacob Vargas

source: "Jacob Vargas from Sons of Anarchy: Making the Most of Pain, Chaos, and Love". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Be Kind, Kind

Send a drop of kindness, and see a happy face.

- Julie Hebert

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Faces, Happy Face

You have to be kind of sensitive to be in rock and roll.

- Kemp Muhl

source: Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

topic: Rocks, Rock And Roll, Be Kind

We thought, you know, this will just be kind of low-key. And no one will ever know we're here, and we're tucked back in.

- Kurt Meyer

source: "'Tranquility' Is A Way Station On Iowa's Campaign Trail". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 24, 2015.

topic: Keys, Be Kind, Lows, Low Key

It's so important to just be kind to one another because we aren't walking in that other person's shoes.

- Linda D. Thompson

topic: Shoes, Important, Be Kind

Be bold. Be kind. Be brave.

- Mark Deklin

topic: Brave, Be Kind, Kind

To have a 9-foot sofa in a small room can be kind of treacherous.

- Michael S. Smith

topic: Small Rooms, Feet, Be Kind

When you look back, history is not going to be kind to these last 16 years from 2000 to 2016.

- Michael T. Flynn

topic: Be Kind, Kind

I've always identified people's taste in music as being kind of hetero and/or ***** - there's music people like because they feel like they have aesthetic similarity to it and the music they wish to create, and then there's music that represents the other, that they listen to because it represents an escape from the music that they have to make.

- Owen Pallett

topic: People, Wish, Be Kind

You have to be kind of alerted to the fact that clowns are scary and then you can't look at them the same way again. There's something very sinister about them... There's something very tragic about them as well. The last thing they are is funny.

- Reece Shearsmith

topic: Scary, Be Kind, Clown

Be kind to each other.

- Reggie Lee

topic: Be Kind, Kind

Be patient. Always be kind. Stand in the middle of the river. Be prepared. It [success] will all come. Don't be in such a rush.

- Rockmond Dunbar

topic: Rivers, Be Kind, Patient

Be positive. Be true. Be kind.

- Roy T. Bennett

topic: Being Positive, Be Kind, Kind

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

- Unknown

topic: Forgiving God, Ephesians, Be Kind, God Forgives, Christian Forgiveness

Love trumps everything. Love's decision will not always be kind to your artistic life.

- Vinita Hampton Wright

topic: Artistic Life, Decision, Be Kind

Operate from a place of love, be kind, and be yourself.

- Xosha Roquemore

topic: Being Yourself, Love Is, Be Kind

For me, it's always been important to have the live band be one thing, and the recorded band be kind of another thing.

- Zachary Cole Smith

topic: Important, Band, Be Kind

It's weird when people ask me, "Why are you so nice?" It's like, "Because that's just what you should do. You should be kind to people." It seems really basic, but it's amazing how many people forget that.

- Brad Williams

topic: Nice, People, Be Kind

I'm not a stranger to depression and desperation. I can be kind of tortured but I do like to have a lot of fun.

- Brett Gelman

topic: Fun, Be Kind, Stranger

One can't be kind to one person and cruel to another.

- Morarji Desai

source: "19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967". The British Vegetarian, ivu.org. March/April 1968.

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Persons

Finally, be kind to yourself and have a good support system.

- Nikki DeLoach

source: "Interview with Nikki Deloach, actress in the hit show Awkward". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Support Systems, Be Kind, Support, Be Kind To Yourself

I think I have an obligation to be kind to people in general, otherwise I'll feel crappy about myself.

- Charlyne Yi

source: Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

topic: Thinking, People, Be Kind

I am inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.

- Roma Downey

topic: Kindness, Be Kind, Inspired

We've been playing a lot with television. We have some shows set up and then some new shows that are about to be set up. That's gonna be kind of a fun thing for us as producers.

- Susan Downey

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Fun, Television, Be Kind, Fun Things

In terms of favourite movies then, I like Lion King. Something more recent would be Alice in Wonderland; it'd be kind of cool to have The White Queen appear in Kingdom Hearts.

- Tetsuya Nomura

source: Source: www.mirror.co.uk

topic: Heart, Be Kind, Favourite, Kingdom Hearts

I'm just a dude and I feel like being completely isolated would be kind of a drag. I really do get a lot of energy from feedback from fans. People create music videos and artwork for my music.

- Jonathan Coulton

source: Source: www.complex.com

topic: People, Energy, Be Kind

I felt like I needed to get a few side projects out of my system before I settled in to do the new record. Usually what's asked of you, everything's a year cycle. When you get caught up in that cycle, it can be kind of brutal, actually. It was good I got to take a year off, with no pressure coming from anywhere.

- Zach Condon

source: Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

topic: Be Kind, Kind, Brutal

Be kind to thy sister. Not many may know the depths of true sisterly love.

- Margaret Ann Courtney

topic: Depth, May, Be Kind, Sisterly

Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Art, Secret, Be Kind, Be Kind To Others

It’s cool to be kind. It’s cool to be weird. It’s cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.

- Sophia Amoruso

source: Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.155, Penguin

topic: Be Kind, Honest, Changing Your Life, Sophia

I argue that we should be kind, we should be compassionate, and we should definitely be reasonable and rational, but that empathy leads us astray.

- Paul Bloom

source: "Paul Bloom: The Trouble With Empathy". Interview with Allyson Kirkpatrick, www.guernicamag.com. February 1, 2016.

topic: Empathy, Be Kind, Arguing

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

- Aeschylus

source: Aeschylus (1956). “Aeschylus: The suppliant maidens, The Persians, translated by S. G. Benardete. Seven against Thebes, Prometheus bound, translated by D. Grene”

topic: Lying, Literature, Be Kind

This is a dreadful thing to say, but I have wondered in my darker hours that, if everything were legal, wouldn't it be kind of a Darwinian solution to a lot of problems? Who are the bikies that you see who are cruisin' around with no helmet or with a hat turned around like that yoyo in Cheap Trick? They're dummies, and if they splatter their brains all over the sidewalk, they're not going to be collecting food stamps.

- Stephen King

source: Stephen King, Tim Underwood, Chuck Miller (1988). “Bare bones: conversations on terror with Stephen King”, McGraw-Hill Companies

topic: Brain, Be Kind, Hats

It's harder to be kind than clever

- Jeff Bezos

topic: Clever, Be Kind, Kind

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

- Jeff Bezos

source: "We are What We Choose". Princeton University 2010 speech, www.princeton.edu. May 30, 2010.

topic: Clever, Be Kind, Kind