After all is said and done love is paramount. Everything else is secondary, Love God and love those around you.

Some more quotations and poems on the subject....

During a mission in WWI, Marshal Foch encountered a noisy American who ridiculed the politeness of the French. "There's nothing in it but wind," he sneered.

"There's nothing but wind in a tire," countered the Marshal, "but it makes riding in a car very smooth and pleasant."

Let all your words be kind, & you will always hear kind echoes.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

A little boy, being asked what forgiveness is, gave the beautiful answer: "It is the fragrance that flowers breathe when they are trampled upon."

It's the little things we do and say
That mean so much as we go our way,
A kindly deed can lift a load
From weary shoulders on the road,
Or a gentle word, like summer rain,
May soothe some heart and banish pain.
What joy or sadness often springs
From just the simple little things!

It isn't enough to say in our hearts
That we like a man for his ways,
It isn't enough that we fill our minds
With paeans of silent praise;
Nor is it enough that we honor a man,
As our confidence upward mounts,
It's going right up to the man himself,
And telling him so, that counts!

If a man does a work you really admire,
Don't leave a kind word unsaid
In fear that to do so might make him vain
And cause him to "lose his head."
But reach out your hand and tell him,
"Well done," and see how his gratitude swells;
It isn't the flowers we strew on the grave,
It's the word to the living that tells.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

A wise physician said to me, "I have been practicing medicine for 30 years, and I have prescribed many things. But in the long run I have learned that for most of what ails the human creature the best medicine is love."
"What if it doesn't work?" I asked.
"Double the dose," he replied.

Let us be excusers rather than accusers.

The thing that goes the farthest toward
Making life worthwhile,
That costs the least and does the most,
Is just a pleasant smile.
The smile that bubbles from a heart
That loves its fellow men,
Will drive away the clouds of gloom,
And coax the sun again;
It's full of worth and goodness, too,
With manly kindness blent,
It's worth a million dollars, and
It doesn't cost a cent.

There is no room for sadness
When we see a cheery smile
It always has the same good look--
It's never out of style;
It nerves us on to try again
When failure makes us blue,
The dimples of encouragement
Are good for me and you;
It pays a higher interest
For it is merely lent,
It's worth a million dollars and
It doesn't cost a cent.

No man is too big to be kind, but many men are too little.

They tell us that courtesy is contagious. So why not start an epidemic?

"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." ~ Ephesians 4:32

Read also Part 3 of "Kindness"

Back to Blog