Ann Patchett Quotes

Kindness can change the lives of people.

I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

I love life and people, so I guess I want to help anyone I can live the fullest, most wonderful life possible.

People discover that by helping others, even when they themselves are suffering, they end up improving their own lives.

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence.

Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.

Contribute to the world. Help people. Help one person. Help someone cross the street today. Help someone with directions unless you have a terrible sense of direction. Help someone who is trying to help you. Just help. Make an impact. Show someone you care. Say yes instead of no. Say something nice. Smile. Make eye contact. Hug. Kiss. Get naked.

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people. That's the biggest thing to think about if you're not happy.

I believe that we all have something to share with someone else that can better someone else's life.

It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.

If we all helped one person, wouldn't the world be an unbelievable place?

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

To help people who do not have any hope, helps you.

People must help one another. It is nature's law.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

When you read the news, and you see all this bad stuff happening, there's a tendency to lose faith in humanity. But I meet so many people who restore it and realize that, actually, 99 percent of people are great.

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

I just want to make people happy and make a difference in people's lives.

I'm one of those people who want to give back and see other people do better.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.