A Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.
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Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and customs. It is not quite sufficient to good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.
Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.
Practical gifts are another great way to be thoughtful, and they work for anything from birthdays to dinner-party gifts.
I'm always very interested in breeding. Raising cacti is breeding. My lotus plant collection is breeding. The insects are breeding.
That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place.
What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.
I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.
Of all the virtues necessary to the completion of the perfect man, there is none to be more delicately implied and less ostentatiously vaunted than that of exquisite feeling or universal benevolence.
I'm quite happy for that smile, because Dad told me once you should be grateful for the gifts that are the rarest.
The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.
[Victoria Clark] is one of those people who has the rarest combination of gifts. I can put her in any classical play tomorrow because she such an extraordinary actress.
That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.
Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greetings. We are all but His instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself.
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.
Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness.
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