Jamie Dimon Quotes

I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.

Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

Humility is attentive patience.

Kindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity - these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as proud of them as of the fine clothes we have hung away to wear on occasions.

If you stick to what the Bible teaches, then you have everything you need: honesty, openness, friendliness, respect, tolerance, and much more, which is often lost nowadays.

No matter if we're in a contentious situation or simply engaging in an everyday interaction, we should aspire to have the strength to be kind always. If each of us shared this aspiration, we'd all be better off.

You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today

One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.

A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.

Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and confusion of face. Never by petulance, by suspicion, by ridicule, even by selfish and silly haste--never, above all, by indulging in the devilish pleasure of a sneer--crush what is finest and rouse up what is coarsest in the heart of any fellow-creature.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.

Let our children be taught love love love.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.