Sticks and stones can build homes, but words can build…

Sticks and stones can build homes, but words can build up people.

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James DeMaio

Other Kindness Quotes

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to Him who made us, and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and the duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle. - View Quote Details on True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we…
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. - View Quote Details on A part of kindness consists in loving people more than…
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. - View Quote Details on Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a…
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - View Quote Details on Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and…
I wonder why it is we are not all kinder to each other…How much the world needs it! How easily it is done! - View Quote Details on I wonder why it is we are not all kinder…
When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they’ll remember and be kind to someone else. And it’ll become like a wildfire. - View Quote Details on When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope…
A matter dealt with gently is sure to prosper, but a matter dealt with violently causes vexation. - View Quote Details on A matter dealt with gently is sure to prosper, but…
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness. - View Quote Details on Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you. - View Quote Details on Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination…
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or abilities that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - View Quote Details on I expect to pass through this world but once. Any…