“Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.” – Sophocles (447 BC)

“Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.” – Frank A. Clark

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa.

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa

“Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love and His kindness go on forever.” – 1 Chronicles 16:34 TLB Bible (15th-16th century)

“When one begins to purposefully perform acts of kindness, the spirit changes and soon doing good deeds becomes a focal point for our life; doing good begins to be the same as feeling good. The periods of emptiness when we search for the “meaning of it all” begin to fill with acts of kindness.” – Gary Ryan Blair

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia

“Is she kind as she is fair?
For beauty lives with kindness.” – (Shakespeare : The Two Gentlemen of Verona)

“It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Kahil Gibran

“Truth is generally kindness, but where the two diverge and collide, kindness should override truth.” – Samuel Butler

“Little kindnesses…will broaden your heart, and slowly you will habituate yourself to helping your fellow man in many ways.” – Zadik

“Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the heaven above.” – Julia A. Fletcher Carney

“Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Try in thine own experience, each; that he speak not for one whole day unkindly of any… and see what such a day would bring to you.” – Edgar Cayce

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.” – Kin Hubbard

“Must we do big things, noticed by many, to ensure God’s approval, or are we content with the quiet, faithful service that may be the means to redeeming our little corner of the world?” – Dan B. Allender

“In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.” – Sheldon Kopp.

“So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs.” – (Ella Wheeler Wilcox : 1850-1919)

“To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart.” – Henry Clay

“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.” – Mother Teresa

“To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” – Confucius

“A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.” – Richard Dehmel

“If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.
If I can ease one life from aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Into his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.” – (Emily Dickinson : 1830-1886)

“It is never too late to be what we might have been.” – George Eliot

“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – George Eliot

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” – Charles Dickens

“It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.” – Maurice Maeterlinck.

“The end result of wisdom is…good deeds.” – Babylonian Talmud.

“Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.” – Charles Fenno Hoffman

“Kindness is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.” – Henry Drummond

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

“With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Blessed is he who speaks a kindness;
Thrice blessed is he who repeats it.” – Arabian Proverb

“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” – Abraham Lincoln

“As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.” – Katherine Francke

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

“When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that’s where they stay.” – Margaret Fuller


Music: ‘If Only I Could’ © Yuko Ohigashi

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Philo

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” – Albert Schweitzer

“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness.” – Seneca

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa

“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. – John E. Southard

Unknown:
Kindness is the ability to love someone more than they deserve.

“Question not, but live and labour
till your goal be won,
Helping every feeble neighbour
seeking help from none;
Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another’s trouble
Courage in your own.” – (Adam Lindsay Gordon : Man’s Testament)

“The end result of wisdom is…good deeds.” – Babylonian Talmud.

Unknown:
Kindness: a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

“There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.” – Bernard Meltzer

William Wordsworth:
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

William Wordsworth:
The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life.

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” – Scott Adams

“I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?” – Mother Teresa

“Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!” – Henri F. Amiel

“I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, I can do or any kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – (Stephen Grellet)

“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” – William Arthur Ward.

“Make no judgements where you have no compassion.” – Anne McCaffrey.

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” – arbara De Angelis

“When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.” – Harold Kushner

“We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?” – Sir James Matthew Barrie

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” – Saint Basil


Music: ‘Waiting For You’ © Yuko Ohigashi

“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.” – Oscar Wilde

“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it’s the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friend.” -

“The friendship that can cease has never been real.” – St. Jerome

“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” – Euripides

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” – John Dryden

“You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” – Laurence J. Peter

“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.” – Johann Kaspar Lavater

“Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!” – George

“Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.” – Plutarch

“The best mirror is an old friend.” – Proverb

“The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.” – Logan Pearsall Smith

“Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.” – Jacques Delille

Music: ‘Far Away’ © Yuko Ohigashi

“True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson Gentry

“Never Explain – your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.” – Elbert Hubbard

“My friends are my estate.” – Emily Dickinson

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend.” – Albert Camus

“That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.” – Francis Quareles

“A true friend stabs you in the front.” – Oscar Wilde

“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” – Abraham Lincoln

“A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.” – Walter Winchell

“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.” – Oscar Wilde

My life is much richer because of our friendship.

“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” – Henry Ford

“I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God’s gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.” – Frances Farmer

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens

“The ideal of Friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.”

“Friendship is a word the very sight in print makes the heart warm.”

“We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.” – Caroline Sheridan Norton

Music: ‘Missing You’ © Yuko Ohigashi

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.

If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn’t oversleep.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

The best vitamin for making friends….. B1!

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.

One thing you can give and still keep…is your word.

You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself

If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.

One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.

Ideas won’t work unless ‘You’ do.

Your mind is like a parachute…it functions only when open.

The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!

It is never too late to become what you might have been.

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right, and forget about the ones who don’t.

Believe everything happens for a reason.

If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it change’s your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back.
Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we’ve let them fly away.

Sometimes we are so caught up in who’s right and who’s wrong that we forget what’s right and wrong.

Submitted by: Frank

Music: ‘Left Alone’ © Yuko Ohigashi

2 Corinthians 9:15 – “Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!”

1 Thessalonians 3:9 – “How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?”

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 – “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

Colossians 2:7 – “Rooted and built up in Christ, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

Colossians 3:17 – “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Deuteronomy 8:10 – “When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.”

Philippians 1:3-4 – “I thank God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.”

Philippians 4:6 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.”

Psalm 18:49 – “Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O Lord; I will sing praises to your name.”

Psalm 30:12 – “That my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever.”

Psalm 75:1 – “We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds.”

Psalm 100:4-5 – “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures for ever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

Psalm 105:1-2 – “Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.”

Psalm 106:1; 107:1 – “Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures for ever.”

Psalm 107:8 – “Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men.”

Psalm 147:7-9 – “Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.”

Revelation 11:17 – “We give thanks to you, Lord God almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.”

Submitted by: Evita


Music: ‘Dreams’ © Margi Harrell

We can not do great things. We can only do little things with great love.

You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.

“Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.” – David Grayson

“It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.”

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.

“Live through feeling and you will live through love. For feeling is the language of the soul, and feeling is truth.” – Matt Zotti

“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover’s arms can only come later when you’re sure they won’t laugh if you trip.” – Jonathan Carroll, Outside the Dog Museum

If you love someone tell them because sometimes hearts are broken by words left unspoken

Please don’t give me another reason to stare foolishly into space

“There are never enough I Love You’s.” – Lenny Bruce

Love means never having to say you are sorry, but saying it anyway.

“Do you know what it means to come home at night to a man who’ll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you’re in the wrong house, that’s what it means.” – George Burns

“Happiness comes more from loving then being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again – this is the brave and happy life.” – J. E. Buckrose

“You shouldn’t fall for someone who won’t catch you, but sometimes you just gotta jump and hope they will.”

“Many waters are not able to quench love, nor can the rivers flood it away.” – The Bible, Song of Solomon 8:7

“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Let not the hours pass by in the dark. Kindle the lamp of love with thy life.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“Love doesn’t make the world go ‘round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones

Music: ‘Left Alone’ © Yuko Ohigashi

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“Ask and it will be
given to you;
seek and you
will find;
knock and it
will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.” – Arab Proverb

“A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.” – English Proverb

“A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.” – Persian Proverb

“A cat has nine lives.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A closed mouth catches no flies.” – Italian Proverb

“A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.” – German Proverb

“A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.” – Proverb, Chinese

“A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master.” – Russian Proverb

“A drink precedes a story.” – Irish Proverb

“A drowning man is not troubled by rain.” – Persian Proverb

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” – William Blake Proverbs of Hell (1790)

“A forest is in an acorn.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A friend in need is a friend indeed” – English Proverb

“A friend’s eye is a good mirror.” – Irish Proverb

“A good denial, the best point in law.” – Irish Proverb

“A good husband is healthy and absent.” – Japanese Proverb

“A hard beginning maketh a good ending.” – John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

“A healthy man is a successful man.” – French Proverb

“A hedge between keeps friendship green.” – French Proverb

“A hen is heavy when carried far.” – Irish Proverb

“A hound’s food is in its legs.” – Irish Proverb

“A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel.” – Portuguese Proverb

“A hungry man is an angry man.” – English Proverb

“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.” – French Proverb

“A little too late, is much too late.” – German Proverb

“A loan though old is not gift.” – Hungarian Proverb

“A lock is better than suspicion.” – Irish Proverb

“A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.” – Turkish Proverb

“A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal.” – Yiddish Proverb

“A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.” – John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

“A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.” – Yiddish Proverb

“A monkey never thinks her baby’s ugly.” – Haitian Proverb

“A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.” – Irish Proverb

“A penny for your thoughts.” – John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

“A penny saved is a penny gained.” – Scottish Proverb

“A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.” – English Proverb

“A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.” – Hungarian Proverb

“A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.” – Chinese proverb

“A silent mouth is melodious.” – Irish Proverb

“A single Russian hair outweighs half a Pole.” – Traditional Russian Saying

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Greek Proverb

“A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger.
Bible” – Proverbs 151.

“A son is a son till he gets him a wife,
But a daughter’s a daughter the rest of your life.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of
wisdom.” – Welsh Proverb

“A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars.” – Yiddish Proverb

“A teacher is better than two books.” – German Proverb

“A thief believes everybody steals.” – Proverb of Unknown Origin

“A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.” – Chinese proverb

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.” – French Proverb

“A trade not properly learned is an enemy.” – Irish Proverb

Submitted by: Joey


Music: ‘True Love’ © Yuko Ohigashi

All too often people take life, and all of the great things that it offers, for granted. People realize how much something means to them only after it is taken away. There is a reason for this; it is difficult to appreciate things in life because it is difficult to picture yourself without them.

An example will help to explain this point more clearly. Imagine sitting at a table nearly 100 feet long. On this table are hundreds of different foods.
Main courses, deserts, drinks, and more cover every inch of the table. You are all alone, and all that the table offers is for you.
Now try and not take this food for granted. Try to appreciate it like it
will be gone tomorrow. It isn’t easy. It is hard to not take this food for granted when there is so much in front of you.
This example can be transferred to many things in life. One may see that
same point in life itself. People say live life to the fullest, and to
appreciate every day you have. This is difficult for the majority of people because, just the like the food, there are so many days left. When you know you’ll be around for 40 more years, it is hard to think about today being your last day.
Don’t lose hope, there is an answer. It’s called the Step Back. This quick system will help you to appreciate your life, and all that is offers.
Moments filled with happiness and excitement will no longer be unappreciated and taken for granted.

1. REALIZE YOU’RE IN THE MOMENT
The first step is to realize that you are in the middle of something good.
It could be a beautiful day on your family vacation, or a perfect afternoon with your children. You are the judge of what moments you’d like to appreciate.

2. TAKE A STEP BACK
This is the main part of the system. Once you realize you are experiencing a moment you’d like to have last forever, stop yourself for a moment and take a Step Back.
Take yourself away from the situation. Take a short walk, a quick break, or simply close your eyes.
Once you are removed from the situation, think about it as if it happened in the past.
Picture how happy you were, the details of the scene, and the others around you. Feel the emotions you felt, see and hear the faces and sounds. Remember how much you enjoyed the time, and how much you’d like to enjoy it again.

3. MAKE YOUR REENTRY
Once you feel the happiness of the moment, think about this; it’s no longer in the past, it’s right now! You just thought about how great you felt in that past moment, and now you can live it in the present.
You just appreciated the current moment by looking back on the situation.
Once you are in the middle of the moment again, remember…

4. ENJOY YOURSELF
This will be a moment that, like all others, will eventually pass. With this in mind, really let it sink in. Take a look around, and realize you are in the middle of something great.
Taking a Step Back every now and then will help you appreciate life. No
longer will you be one who takes life for granted. You will make happy
moments happier, and you will also help to make them last forever.

Submitted by: June

Music: ‘Hope’ © Margi Harrell