Andie MacDowell Quotes

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.

Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.

People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.

I have to say that Common is one of the kindest, most humble, grateful individuals that I've ever met in my life. I was profoundly affected by meeting him. I think he is an outstanding human being.

The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.

I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.

It is more pleasant to remember others than to be remembered.

I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that are happening in my life because they're blessings. They're blessings in every way. Whether you're able to help someone get through a tough time in their life through your music or through comedy, or whatever it is, you're just a channel.

In radio I had one, maybe two people who cared about getting it done. I'd really be a loser if I forgot where I came from. So I show them the love. And how hard is it really to be interested in someone's life?

Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

Because love encompasses everything, nothing is unimportant, including tonight's dinner menu. Think about it for a minute. If you were pure love, the loving parent of all life, how would you want people to eat?

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

The most vital part of your humanity is the love you have for others. To deny it is to deny your life.

People can talk about how much they care about you, but the small things like this, people taking time out of their day to come and support, it's amazing.

I go out of my way to acknowledge the public and let them know that I'm not always on stage. Offstage, I care. I live their life.

When you have a lot of talent, you don't necessarily have to be gracious and consider everyone.

Giving and receiving kindness are easy ways to feel good and to help others feel good too. People, organizations, and societies thrive when they are grounded in a culture of kindness.

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.

Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giving, being grateful and perpetuating light, is.

All my adult life people have been helping me.