Kind Hearted Quotes:

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire.

- Leland Stanford

topic: Thoughtful, Intelligent, Promise, Kind Hearted, Enterprising

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

- Edward Tufte

topic: Support, Kind, Ethical, Kind Hearted, Being Straightforward

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

- Leo Buscaglia

source: "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Importunate, Nobody Cares

As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we?

- Hugh Laurie

topic: Real, Drama, Hate, Kind Hearted, Perfection And Imperfection

People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers. They imagine you can just point a SEAL in a direction and say, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only thing that separates them is mental toughness.

- Howard E. Wasdin

topic: Thinking, Talking, People, Jovial, Kind Hearted

Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine this is the true goal of the art of war. Pleasant as it sounds; it is a fallacy that must be exposed: War is such a dangerous business that the mistakes which come from kindness are the very worst.

- Carl von Clausewitz

source: Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.75, Princeton University Press

topic: Art, Kindness, War, Kind Hearted

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Buddhist Monk, Meditation Mindfulness

I love this planet I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.

- Ted Turner

topic: Thoughtful, Race, World, Kind Hearted, Equitable

The magnanimity and sensibility of a lady who faints when she sees a calf being killed: she is so kindhearted that she can't look at blood, but enjoys eating the calf served up with sauce.

- Leo Tolstoy

source: "War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman".

topic: Blood, Sauce, Looks, Kind Hearted, Magnanimity

When you're out there in America, meeting with regular people, it's a pretty mellow, relaxed, kind-hearted country. The direction from the top, from the President, is following mean-spirited tendencies: fear and undue caution and distrust of the other, so it's very depressing.

- George Saunders

source: Source: www.macleans.ca

topic: Country, Depressing, Mean, Mean Spirited, Kind Hearted

My 4-year-old is the most kind-hearted person I've ever met in my life. Granted, he's 4, but he doesn't know people wouldn't like him. He doesn't understand that people would hurt him. When I get in these situations, that's what breaks my heart.

- Andrew Hawkins

source: "'People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football'". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.

topic: Hurt, Heart, Years, Kind Hearted

My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot of talent, she painted extremely well. She was quite a strong factor in my life.

- Edmund Hillary

source: Source: www.listener.co.nz

topic: Mother, Strong, Talent, Kind Hearted

It's very important to approach pedophiles and pedosexuals and offer them therapy. It's been my experience that you can reach your objective with what I would call kind-hearted, informed and enlightened patients - in the sense that they don't lose their desire, but that they no longer have physical contact with children. That would be the goal.

- Volkmar Sigusch

topic: Children, Goal, Important, Kind Hearted

Traveling ought also to teach him distrust; but at the same time he will discover, how many truly kind-hearted people there are, with whom he never before had, or ever again will have any further communication, who yet are ready to offer him the most disinterested assistance.

- Charles Darwin

source: Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.445, Delphi Classics

topic: Kind Hearted

If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.

- Brandon Sanderson

source: Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.164, Macmillan

topic: Believe, Kind, Individual, Kind Hearted

Because Ragen is kind hearted and strong at the same time, and I know how rare that kind of man is. Because I never doubted that he loved me, and would come back. But most of all, because the moments I had with him were worth all the ones apart.

- Peter V. Brett

source: Peter V. Brett (2016). “The Demon Cycle 4-Book Bundle: The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, The Daylight War, The Skull Throne”, p.312, Del Rey

topic: Love, Strong, Men, Kind Hearted

Adam Brown’s zest for life led him down a few dark alleys and more than one dead end. Kind-hearted and wild, Adam led a life that lacked direction. God, a woman, and the U.S. Navy gave it to him. FEARLESS is a love story...several love stories: a man for his woman, a warrior for his team, parents for kids, and soldiers for their country. There is no greater love than that a man lay down his life for his friends. Be warned—reading FEARLESS will change the way you see the world.

- Stu Weber

topic: Country, Team, Reading, Kind Hearted, Dark Alleys

Ah, March! we know thou art Kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and threats, And, out of sight, art nursing April's violets!

- Helen Hunt Jackson

topic: Art, Nursing, Sight, Kind Hearted

I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.

- Vasily Grossman

source: Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.120, Random House

topic: Beautiful, Dog, Cat, Kind Hearted, Young And Beautiful

If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder: then your soldiers must be likened to spoilt children; they are useless for any practical purpose.

- Sun Tzu

source: Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.24, Lulu.com

topic: Art, Children, War, Kind Hearted, Spoilt

I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people do.

- Mark Twain

source: Mark Twain (1994). “Mark Twain on the damned human race”

topic: People, Greed, Wish, Kind Hearted, Become Rich

Mom...In my next life I have to be your son again. Then, I will definitely be a kind-hearted son that you love I love you, mom. I love you, mom. There has never been a moment that thoughts of you left my mind. Mom. That you gave birth to me. Thank you.

- Kang Min-hyuk

topic: Mom, Drama, Love You, Kind Hearted, Thoughts Of You

They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.

- Anne Frank

source: Anne Frank (1993). “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl”, Bantam

topic: Stupid, Selfish, Tired, Insolent, Kind Hearted

The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.

- P. J. O'Rourke

source: P. J. O'Rourke (1983). “Modern manners”, Dell Books

topic: Death, Grief, Loving You, Kind Hearted