Quotes about Unkind

I do not like to be unkind. Votes: 6

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain. Votes: 6

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. Votes: 6

Unkind language is sure to produce the fruits of unkindness--that is, suffering in the bosom of others. Votes: 6

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Votes: 6

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people. Votes: 6

Why are people so unkind? Votes: 5

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. Votes: 4

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. Votes: 4

There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner. Votes: 4

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world. Votes: 4

Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. Votes: 4

In nature there's no blemish but the mind. None can be called deformed but the unkind. Votes: 4

Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't. Votes: 4

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it. Votes: 4

If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love. Votes: 4

When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates. Votes: 4

If someone is being unkind or petty or jealous or distant or weird, you don't have to take it in. You don't have to turn it into a big psychodrama about your worth. That behavior so often is not even about you. Don't own other people's crap. Votes: 4

Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used. Votes: 4

Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated in movements for social justice, speaking out on behalf of the workers, the poor, speaking out on behalf of racial justice. However when it came to the issue of gender they were as sexist as their conservative cohorts. Votes: 4

Unkind people imagine themselves to be inflicting pain on someone equally unkind. Votes: 3

Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish. Votes: 3

Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage. Votes: 3

People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean. Votes: 3

I choose kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me Votes: 3

If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made you unkind, belligerent, cruel, of self-righteous, or if it led you to kill in God's name, it was bad theology. Votes: 3

It blows my mind that anyone could be unkind to anyone. Votes: 2

I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one. Votes: 2

People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. Votes: 2

I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts. Votes: 2

Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you. Votes: 2

Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind. Votes: 2

Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child. Votes: 2

I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds. Votes: 2

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on. Votes: 2

My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence. Votes: 2

Everybody is probably guilty of something. I'm sure that if anyone looked into my heart long enough, they could say, you know, 'Bill had some unkind thoughts back in second grade.' Votes: 2

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds. Votes: 2

Being in the latter stages of life means the morning is unkind to the reflection. It takes a few hours for the creases to fall out. By about 4 P.M., I look quite nice. Votes: 2

I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should be lovely. I, that am blind, cry out against my blindness. Votes: 2

My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father. Votes: 2

In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact in London. You go from A to B with your eyes on the pavement. Votes: 2

It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career. Votes: 2

An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth. Votes: 2

A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better. Votes: 2

Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind. Votes: 2

New York loves itself in an unkind and fanatical way. Votes: 1

Unfair and unkind behavior in exchange for your loving efforts is the rule rather than the exception Votes: 1

When you're 0-2 in the Super Bowl, they say unkind things about you. They say, 'He can't win the big one.' And that's the worst thing that can be said about you. Votes: 1

A brave man is seldom unkind. Votes: 0

Never say an unkind word to anyone. Votes: 0

Kindness. The most unkind thing of all. Votes: 0

Nothing human disgusts me unless it's unkind. Votes: 0

When love is unkind, it is not love anymore. Votes: 0

War is most unkind to the memories of survivors Votes: 0

The world is unkind to the shoeless and frolicsome. Votes: 0

You cannot laugh and be unkind at the same time Votes: 0

Nothing turns me off faster than a guy being unkind. Votes: 0

I get very heated about anything that is socially unkind. Votes: 0

We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way. Votes: 0

Age is deformed, youth unkind, We scorn their bodies, they our mind. Votes: 0

The world is not unkind, and reprobates are worse than their reputations. Votes: 0

You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right. Votes: 0

Cast me gently into the morning for the night has been unkind. Votes: 0

these random unkind moment that catch you wen you least expect them. Votes: 0

Very little is off -limits, but draw the line at being unkind. Votes: 0

This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind. Votes: 0

...to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness. Votes: 0

Jealousy endlessly eats through my mind, and jealously endlessly makes me be unkind. Votes: 0

She didn't mean to be unkind, why she even woke me up to say good-bye. Votes: 0

We cannot say that you are spiritually advanced if you are unkind to those around you. Votes: 0

We cannot say that you are spiritually advanced if you are unkind to those around you. Votes: 0

History is unkind to those it abandons, and can be equally unkind to those who make it. Votes: 0

New Year's resolution: To refrain from saying witty, unkind things, unless they are really witty and irreparably damaging. Votes: 0

Flesh-eating by humans is unnecessary, irrational, anatomically unsound, unhealthy, unhygienic, uneconomic, unaesthetic, unkind and unethical. May I elaborate? Votes: 0

I felt the kind of desperation, I think, that cancels the possibility of empathy...that makes you unkind. Votes: 0

Though there were moments of beauty, Mariam knew for the most part that life had been unkind to her. Votes: 0

a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone. Votes: 0

My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind. Votes: 0

When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me. Votes: 0

It becomes still more difficult to find
Words at once true and kind,
Or not untrue and not unkind. Votes: 0

An unkind heart is the worst. It is a plague to its possessor, and a torment to those around him. Votes: 0

My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness. Votes: 0

How is it possible to sayan unkind or irreverential word of Rome? The city of all time, and of all the world! Votes: 0

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind. Votes: 0

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers. I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous. Votes: 0

We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest. Votes: 0

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior. Votes: 0

Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands, But more when envy breeds unkind division: There comes the ruin, there begins confusion. Votes: 0

He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind. Votes: 0

A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will. Votes: 0

This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind. Votes: 0

Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo it is not enough that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment, you must also be right. Votes: 0

The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. Votes: 0

We have to learn to be kind to ourselves. In the long run avoiding unpleasantness is a very unkind thing to do to yourself. Votes: 0

I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for Votes: 0

The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion. Votes: 0

Love is not selfish or unkind. Nor is it boastful or disloyal. Love is simply a deep feeling found within the heart that money cannot buy. Votes: 0

She makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her. Votes: 0

I don't think I have an unkind word for any.Except Muslims. I've been cross with them since 9/11 2001. I can't remember why but it was something bad. Votes: 0

If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything. Votes: 0

Think me not unkind and rude That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men. Votes: 0

Maybe it was my revenge on people who had been unkind to me as a child. But it was very easy and a thrill to freeze up children. Votes: 0

I ain't saying you treated me unkind you could've done better, but I don't mind. You just kinda wasted my precious time. But don't think twice, it's alright. Votes: 0

Speaking of our unkind labeling of each other with, "she is divorced, she used to be inactive, etc", asked, "Can't we get over this hardening of the categories?". Votes: 0

I caught one last glimpse of her face, howling something at me.There were too many vowels in what she said, and they were in an unkind order. ("Substitutions") Votes: 0

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is mental floss! Build the capacity to forgive slowly - start with little unkind acts, otherwise you'll sabotage yourself. When we forgive, we forgive the actor, not the action. Votes: 0

Compassion is for the very strong. Compassion does not come to the weak. People who are unkind, bullies, use rude language, are not strong people. They are very weak people. Votes: 0

The hardest part of living is loving 'Cause loving turns to leaving every time And the hardest part of leaving is living Life is hard when love is so unkind Votes: 0

Religion makes kind people say unkind things: "I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children." They wouldn't do that if God didn't tell them to do so. Votes: 0

One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome Votes: 0

If the angels are unkind or the season is dark Or if in the end Love just falls apart Well then here's to our destruction Baby let me be your soul driver. Votes: 0

Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein. Votes: 0

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing "” to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience. Votes: 0

Today we live in a cash-for-trash world. Anyone can stand up and say anything unkind, unfair or completely untrue about you, and then they are rewarded financially for it ... because life is unfair. Votes: 0

There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer is gentle and kindly where another man is severe and unkind. Votes: 0

The Gods are unkind and deny us knowledge of what the future holds Votes: -1

God has created us all humanHe is kind & just to all. Why should we be unkind & unjust to each other? Votes: -1

I don't care how unkind the things people say about me so long as they don't say them to my face. Votes: -1

God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart. Votes: -1

Thinking of what Jesus did NOT say from the cross: not a bitter, angry, unkind, whining, profane, unnecessary word. There is none like Him! Votes: -1

I got ramblin', I got ramblin' on my mind. I got ramblin', I got ramblin' all on my mind. Hate to leave my baby, but you treats me so unkind. Votes: -1

If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell. Votes: -1

Color makes no difference; the peeps are gray, the seals are black, and the crabs yellow; but we don't care, and are all friends. It is very unkind to treat you so. Votes: -1