
Kindness is a Language
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. (Mark Twain)
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. (Mark Twain)
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people. As I grow older, I admire kind people.
Michael J. Fox: “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless surrendered.”
Mother and daughter with quote: “There is a special joy that comes when you do something just to be kind.”
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” (Abraham Lincoln)
She is brave and strong and broken all at once.
There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. (Click to get this on T-shirts, cards, magnets,
There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. (Fredrick W. Cropp)
Kindness is more than deeds.
It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch.
It is anything that lifts another person.
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