Frederick William Faber Quotes

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

I've always been attracted to girls whose hearts are the biggest thing about them. People can be very sweet and kind to others who can do a lot for them. I want to find a girl who will be the same person to those who can't do anything for her in return.

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

I would like to be remembered as somebody who cared a great deal about people.

Love has an enormous number of connotations, and if somebody is a person who does kind acts as a way of life, if they are generally disposed to being caring and loving and doing things for other people, then kindness is a much stronger word than we make it out to be.

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

The youngest children have a great capacity for empathy and altruism. There's a recent study that shows even 14-month-olds will climb across a bunch of cushions and go across a room to give you a pen if you drop one.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

If I want to be a loving, generous, giving person, I'm not going to test the waters. I'm simply going to be a loving, generous, giving person.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

A person who cares deeply about what people need in their lives is someone I'll never forget.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.