Richard G. Scott Quotes

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

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.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.

Please be kind, don't be judgemental.

It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.

We've got to be kind.

Hate won't solve anything.

About love, don't be a silent partner. And be gentle with your anger.

Never, never is it possible to reach someone if you become angry or bitter only love and gentleness can do it. Maybe not this time but maybe the next or the hundredth time.

Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.

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

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

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.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

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

I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

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.

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.