You cannot do a kindness too soon,
for you never know how soon it will be too late.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a kindness.
- Seneca
Be kind whenever possible; and it is always possible.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The smallest act of kindness
is worth more than the grandest intention.
- Oscar Wilde
Further reading:
Let Us Be Kind
Empathy
Brotherly Love
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
The greatest lovers are like twin blooms,
each reflecting the passion and the glory of the other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people stay for awhile, and move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to a new understanding,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.
- Flavia Weedn
Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.
- Harville Hendrix
No partner in a love relationship should feel
that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.
- May Sarton
I love you not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you.
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself,
but for what you are making of me.
I love you for that part of me you bring out.
- Roy Croft
Love is not a mere sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
You are my ground and you are my rainbow.
You are my butterfly and you are my ecstasy.
You are the start of my journeys and always my destination.
You are my home - the place to which I always return.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
The #1 Secret of Great Relationships
Happy Valentine's Day - I love You Just the Way You Are
What is Love?
Renewing Love
How to Avoid Falling in Love With Love
Sweet Love Quotes
Set and enforce your personal boundaries.
You and only YOU get to choose how much influence
you allow others to exert over your life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Never allow a person to tell you NO
who doesn't have the power to say YES.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
Never be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no one's definition of your life;
define yourself.
- Harvey Fierstein
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater
than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please,
or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Believe in yourself, and trust your own wisdom
rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
To Thine Own Self Be True
The Power of Saying NO to the Demands of Others
Appreciate Yourself
Thinking for Yourself
Be Yourself
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865)
If you look for the bad in people
expecting to find it, you surely will.
- Abraham Lincoln
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed
is more important than any other one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
You cannot escape the responsibility
of tomorrow by evading it today.
- Abraham Lincoln
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln
Further reading:
Planting Flowers
Feeding the Children
Independence - Liberty - Freedom
How To Know What To Do
Character
