Tom Watson Quotes

You need someone in your life to give you advice without yelling at you.

My parents have always told me to work hard. My father was a friend, a very good friend, but when he needed to be a father, he was.

Jessi is a great person. She really is. She's been a friend to me all through all my bad times, and she's understood what I was doing. She came up with that one saying, which was great.

If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.

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

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Be friendly to everyone. Those who deserve it the least need it the most.

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know.

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

If thou wouldst help others, deal with them as though they were what they should be

Fear has never educated a child. Fear has never built a home.

We could be much more empathic as a society.

We need grace in our lives, and I'm not talking about heavenly grace. I'm talking about human grace. We should try and be warm and friendly.

You don't need too much to have an agenda of how to father. You just have to be a good person. The interactions at home between you and your spouse and the way you deal with your kids in certain situations, that's what they take.

People of power have to show empathy and kindness to the young.

Whether dealing with children or chefs, they are all giant babies in need of nurturing.

I'm a person who tries to be compassionate, caring, and warm to every single person I meet.

Compassion does not just happen. Pity does, but compassion is not pity. It's not a feeling. Compassion is a viewpoint, a way of life, a perspective, a habit that becomes a discipline - and more than anything else, compassion is a choice we make that love is more important than comfort or convenience.

When everything else is looking so grim and the world is changing so fast that it's scary, one thing that remains consistent is kindness.

My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.