Be the Kind of Person.....

"Be the kind of person who says something nice when no one else does."

Always Be Kinder Than You Feel

"Always Be Kinder Than You Feel"

One of my favorite sayings, and I've posted it on here several times - here's my latest image for it:)

Choose Kind

"When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind."

Mr. Browne's Precepts 

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Small Things with Great Love

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

~Mother Teresa

Today...

Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take Time To Care. Let your words heal, and not wound.

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Generous Thoughts

"Never suppress a generous thought." 

Camilla Eyring Kimball

Acts vs. Intentions

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

Sometimes

Sometimes it is better to be kind than right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens.

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Do it Anyway

I think this has to be my most favorite Mother Teresa quote. Ever:

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
 ~Mother Teresa

Weak Person's Imitation of Strength

"Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength." 

~Eric Hoffer 

 So why not be strong, and be kind:)

Be Kinder

‎"Always be kinder than you feel."

Be That Person

"Be the person that makes others feel special. Be known for your kindness and sympathy."

Kindness

"Be one who nurtures and who builds. Be one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them. If we could look in to each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently."

Marvin J. Ashton

Because You Are Nice

"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are."

~Author Unknown~

Be Kind

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

~ Plato ~

Real Generosity

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

~Frank A. Clark~

Gold Flecks

“Great things are wrought through simple and small things. Like the small flecks of gold that accumulate over time into a large treasure, our small and simple acts of kindness and service will accumulate into a life filled with love..."

~M. Russell Ballard~

Let Me Not Defer or Neglect It

"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

by Mahatma Gandhi

Be Kind

Gordon B. Hinckley:

“We had a General Authority, Joseph Anderson, who lived longer than any other General Authority in the Church. He lived to be 102 years of age. He served as private secretary to President Heber J. Grant for many years. President Grant had a stroke and became very seriously ill, and Joseph Anderson went up to see him at night, and the President said to Joseph, ‘Joseph, have I ever been unkind to you?’ And Joseph said, ‘No, President Grant, you have never been unkind to me.’ And the President, with tears rolling down his face, said, ‘Joseph, I am grateful if I have never been unkind to you.’ He died the next day. But what a marvelous thing that a man who had worked with him for so very many years could say that the man who directed his efforts had never been unkind to him”.
(regional conference, priesthood leadership meeting, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 14 Feb. 1998)

Witholding Love

From Elder Marion D Hanks's talk called "Forgiveness: The Ultimate Form of Love":

"Someone has written: The witholding of love is the negation of the spirit of Christ, the proof that we never knew him, that for us he lived in vain. It means that he suggested nothing in all our thoughts, that he inspired nothing in all our lives, that we were not once near enough to him to be seized with the spell of his compassion for the world". Christ's example and instructions to his friends are clear. He forgave, and he said, "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you". (Matthew 5:44)

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When I read this it, the part that really struck me is where it says, 'the witholding of love is the ..... proof that we never knew him, that for us he lived in vain'. I think it's sometimes so easy to 'withold' love from people - but it is so important to 'show' love to people, the genuine kind of love which softens peoples hearts, and helps them to see who they are more clearly. It would be a feeling I don't think I could handle to be told at the end of my days that I never really came to know Christ during my life - I can't imagine a worse possible feeling.