John Galsworthy Quotes

We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.

Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.

The essence of good manners consists in making it clear that one has no wish to hurt. When it is clearly necessary to hurt, it must be done in such a way as to make it evident that the necessity is felt to be regrettable.

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

I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and everyone else.

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

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

Tenderness is a virtue.

I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.

In my mind, as long as I did what was right for me, I was cool. But that's not the way it works. You have to think about other people and take their feelings into account.

I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovable, you can play that person and no one will turn on you. I don't want to play that person in real life. Because then people won't like me so much.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

What I'm looking for in people now is kindness.

Remember to be sensitive to the feelings of people around you.

I think being nice is more important than being clever.

I try to be, like, hella sensitive to my surroundings.

One of the magical things about kindness is that it's what we nerds call a 'happiness aggregator.' People confuse kindness with being nice. And they're very different. You can be nice and be passive. But kindness requires action.

We would never do anything for the sole purpose of bumming people out or upsetting people.

I don't like to hurt people for fun.

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

I'm quite tactful, actually. I worry about whether people are all right. With my friends, obviously, conversations are quite free and uncensored, but I would never enjoy making someone feel uncomfortable at all.

I will try and become a very empathetic person because I do think that's a nice trait.

Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don't mean necessarily "buddy-buddy", just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they're with you.