A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John F. Kennedy

No one has ever become poor by giving.
- Anne Frank

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
- Joseph Joubert

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Be gentle first with yourself - if you wish to be gentle with others.
- Lama Yeshe

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron

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

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.
- Anonymous