John Lancaster Spalding Quotes

Think good, speak good, and be good.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether.

Try in thine own experience, each; that he speak not for one whole day unkindly of any... and see what such a day would bring to you.

Words have power. Speak positively and positive things will happen to you. Speak negatively and negative things will happen to you. Choose positive words.

Treat yourself and others with kindness when you eat, exercise, play, work, love, and everything else. When you think, feel, and act kindly, you hasten your ability to connect to the power of intention.

If you are feeling good , it is because you are thinking good thoughts .

The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him.

It's always wrong to hate, but it's never wrong to love.

It really hurts my feelings when people are mean to old people, or when people yell at their little kids. Just ask them what's wrong, bro. I think we all just need to be nicer.

I am very grateful for my life. I think one of the keys to not being depressed is to find gratitude and to be grateful for what you have. So I am grateful for what I have.

When I think good thoughts, I feel that man is not, after all, so bad.

If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable.

Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality keep pace with their good fortune. Envy no one, and you need envy no one.

J’aurais dû être plus gentille—I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that.

For every sad thing you think of, you should think of three happy things to chase it away.

We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.

Affirmations are like seed planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work.

Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none, although they give occasion.

If we stop thinking of ourselves and only of helping others, you will start to see a dramatic improvement in the suffering we are all going through.

I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.

Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

Mum said, "It is the thought that counts." And I said, "I know, which is why I am ringing the authorities right now. Anyone who thinks like she does should be locked up out of harm's way.

Genuine love will always feel urged to communicate joy - to be a joy-giver. Mankind needs joy.