Once a poor boy was examining a rich man's car. It was the latest and most expensive. Straight out of the latest James bond movie. Then the owner came by and said "Do you like it ? My brother gave it to me."
The boy then exclaimed "Oh how I wish...." and then when the rich
man thought he knew what was coming next. "... I could be a brother like that. "
Sibling rivalry is quite common.
Vast empires totter and fall when the king has more than one descendant. Success is of no use if succession is not assured. Heirs to the kingdom forget their common blood when maneuvering for power.
In climbing the path to success, the ladder of the backs one trod on is forgotten. Short-lived pseudo success. We would not be where we are today if not for our brothers and sisters, both familial and spiritual.
Acts of kindness truly separate chaff from wheat, and is one of the most powerful indicators of success.
Never mistake kindness for weakness. However call a spade a spade. Those who do not understand kindness and mercy after experiencing it, should not be shown mercy.
It takes great strength to show kindness, and not the other way around.
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~Aesop
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. ~Audrey Hepburn
Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. ~Mother Teresa
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahil Gibran
Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time. ~Richard Carlson
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ~Frank A. Clark
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. ~Dalai Lama
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~ Philo
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ~James Matthew Barrie
How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! ~George Elliston
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profundity. Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao-Tse
Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how. ~Author Unknown
To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. ~Confucius
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. ~Maya Angelou
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. ~Danny Thomas
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
Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments. ~Talmud
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. ~Og Mandino
Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own. ~Adam Lindsay Gordon
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. ~Barbara De Angelis
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
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ~Scott Adams
Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns. ~Marc Estrin
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. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ~Robert Brault
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown
True success inspires brotherly kindness.
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