Harvey Mackay Quotes

Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

I once said some mean things about someone, and they were standing right behind me. That experience taught me to never talk bad about anyone.

I'm sensitive, and I don't ever want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.

I try to be kind to people, to treat them with respect. And I'm proud of that.

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.

I've found throughout life that people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.

I may speak my mind and come across as opinionated sometimes, but I would never want to harm anyone intentionally.

All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.

There's nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. There's everything wrong with making others have to have it... with you.

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything.

I try to be funny and not ignorant.

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

I don't need jewels and cars. It's about the delicacy of the way I'm handled.