Quotes to share in light of morning's events

So..I go to Bible Study, come back, and find Banks gone and everyone bummed. Yes, I will miss Banks, too, but many are still here. I've only been here since April and have seen so many come and go already. The point is, the rest are still here. Support is still here. Motivation is still here. Friends are still here!

There's been ups, downs, dissensions, etc. since I've been here but let me tell you--the UN could take a lesson to how the MFP community has struggled to "get along," and I think we've done a heck of a job at it! I wish other "real life" situations were worked out with as much understanding and tolerance as has been shown on this board! Y'all make me proud! I would be blessed to have any of you in my church as an example of tolerance and working together.

And, in light of the "question" about newbies always asking the same questions," as I just said in another post, I still ask questions every day! We've all got so much yet to learn. I don't see alot of people seeking "short cuts." Yeah, there's some who ask and don't listen, or who try to do something that isn't healthy, but geesh, I do stupid things, too. More than once, I've "opened mouth--inserted foot." And, more than once irritated some.

Anyway, I saw a quote the other day that I've been keeping in mind recently and in looking for it on the web, I came across some others that are really good. I wanted to share as a reminder that all who come here are seeking answers, all have some kind of questions, and all are in need of help, support, and understanding.

The original quote I was looking for is the first one. My favorite is the last one---

Y'all have a great rest of the day!

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


George Washington Carver:
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”

Booker T. Washington:
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

Abraham Joshua Heschel:
“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”

Albert Shweitzer:
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Blaise Pascal:
“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.”

Charles Kuralt:
“The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
“So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind, Is all the sad world needs.”

Eric Hoffer:
“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”

Frederick W. Faber:
“Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence or learning.”

Goethe:
“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”

Dalai Lama:
“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.”

Harol Kushner:
“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.”

Princess Diana:
“Perhaps we’re too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.”

George Bernard Shaw:
“The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity.”

Henry James:
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.”

James Barrie:
“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.”

Lao Tse:
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profundity. Kindness in giving creates love.”

Mother Teresa:
“The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity and an indifference toward one’s neighbor.”

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

Pearl S. Buck:
“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.”

Rabindranath Tagore:
“Men are cruel, but Man is kind.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.

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

Anonymous:
“Personal Fulfillment, satisfaction and happiness evolve out of caring about others.”

Paul of Tarsus
"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone" (Romans 12:18).