Douglas William Jerrold Quotes

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

Love has an enormous number of connotations, and if somebody is a person who does kind acts as a way of life, if they are generally disposed to being caring and loving and doing things for other people, then kindness is a much stronger word than we make it out to be.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

I try and help everyone.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

A person who cares deeply about what people need in their lives is someone I'll never forget.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

I've always been attracted to girls whose hearts are the biggest thing about them. People can be very sweet and kind to others who can do a lot for them. I want to find a girl who will be the same person to those who can't do anything for her in return.

The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

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

May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!

I pride myself on being kind.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is a sort of love without being love.

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.

I wanna be a nice guy.

One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.