Receiving Kindness Quotes

#1. The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
[Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant Romani, magisque dandis quam accipiundis beneficiis amicitias parabant.]

Sallust

#2. Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not think it's funny. You're just sitting there like, 'Am I in the twilight zone? Why is everyone laughing?' It's such a personal thing. People have such a personal visceral response to comedy.

Todd Phillips

#3. Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie - but that was basically it. It was seen as dirty and kind of ignorant to have these ambitions, to want to be a big band.

Brandon Flowers

#4. Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

Seneca The Younger

#5. Thus was I recruited, and thus would I be ruined: for a penny.

Patrick McGrath

#6. To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

Oliver Goldsmith

#7. You don't bother to memorise the literature - you learn to read and keep a shelf of books.

John Brunner

#8. Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.

Roy T. Bennett

#9. Joy of giving, joy of receiving.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. I'm superstitious a little bit.

Jake Gyllenhaal

#11. I'd like every man who doesn't call himself a feminist to explain to the women in his life why he doesn't believe in equality for women.

Louise Brealey

#12. By seeing it allowed to their officers, they will not be convinced that it is taken from them for their good; and by receiving nothing in its place, they will not believe that it is done in kindness. On the contrary, many of them look upon the change as a new instrument of tyranny.

Richard Henry Dana Jr.

#13. Mercy is compassion, kindness, empathy, forgiveness. While grace might be described as blessings and favor from God that we do not necessarily deserve, mercy represents not receiving what we do deserve because of the patience, love, and atonement of the Master.

Brent L. Top

#14. With those who are sincere
the sage is sincere
With those who are insincere
the sage is also sincere
because the way of Tao is sincerity

Lao-Tzu

#15. Research shows that the happiest people are those who use their natural talents to the utmost.

T. Harv Eker

#16. Giving kindness does as much good as receiving it ... Kind people are healthier and live longer.

Piero Ferrucci

#17. The foundation of a marriage is love. The walls of a shared life are built with trust, loyalty, and respect. Once those are torn down, there's nothing left standing.

Adriana Locke

#18. And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. You don't know where it comes from, it's magic! That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!

Terry Pratchett

#19. By no means do I think that playing games online is wrong or rude. However, constantly sending requests is an act of bad manners as well as being very annoying to the one receiving them.

John Patrick Hickey

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

Colin Powell

#21. To keep on receiving, you must keep giving.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#22. It's difficult from one story to jump in another story, 2 stories are okay for one hour. But more and more characters you start losing the link. (Thriller 2)

Deyth Banger

#23. People from New Orleans are extremely prideful.

Solange Knowles

#24. So far a lot of battles I have won, so far I have reached the game with the chess puzzles 105 level out of 350.

Deyth Banger