Andre Maurois Quotes

It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.

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

Men are only as great as they are kind.

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.

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.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

All saints are selfish.

Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.

My favourite virtue is not having any.

I'm the nicest kid. I'm not a big head.

I feel like I'm a nice character, and I don't have my own agenda.

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

I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things.

He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

I think we were always humble.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

I'm not one to speak about myself. I like to speak about the people around me.

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

Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities.

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.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.