Clare Boothe Luce Quotes

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

I find that the more I begin to look around, I see so much good that people do that goes unnoticed. So many wonderful things.

We will take the good-will for the deed..

It's easy to give back to people who are so genuine and kind.

For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For a simple penny pay thou back with gold; If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold. Thus the words and actions of the wise regard; Every little service tenfold they reward. But the truly noble know all men as one, And return with gladness good for evil done.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.

A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger.

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

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

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.