“As soon as I show that I have some good qualities, do some act of kindness in spite of insult, my color is forgotten, and I am well treated. Again, I have observed that colored men of character and intellectual ability have been treated as men should be by all, whether friends or enemies; that is to say, no prejudice of color or race has ever been manifested.”
Source: The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy
“Jesus said in Luke 6, 'Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.' (v. 27). And that's what we are called to do.”
Source: The Opposite Life: Unlocking the Mysteries of God’s Upside-Down Kingdom
“too often i was afraid
to test the limits
of kindness
without inviting
betrayal
or backstab”
Source: Memory
“Terraforming is easy,
Eraforming not so much.
Coding is easy,
Kindling not so much.
Soldering is easy,
Shouldering not so much.
Rocket science is easy,
Reform science not so much.”
Source: Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans
“A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world.”
Source: The School for Good Mothers
“Kindness is a core competency for managers. If a manager isn't willing or able to be nice, they're a threat to company culture.”
“Every employee has a story, and each of them deserve to be treated with respect and kindness.”
“Leadership requires kindness and empathy.”
“No heroes I need on my stage
Just hands which embrace the nights’ cold.
It may be the storm, but it’s told
The smiles bring the sunshine and hold
The power of kindness upstage,
The caring remoulds scars to gold.”
Source: Love is Young: Poems
“Some of the best gifts are ones the recipient doesn’t even know you’ve given, so they don’t ever feel beholden, and they never know how valuable it was or how much it helped them, which means they never feel obligated to repay you. I do that for my ducks all the time.”
Source: Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.