Frank Herbert Quotes

How can you regret helping a suffering patient?

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

I don't like to think about others losing or not performing well. No, no - I'm not that kind of person.

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

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

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.

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

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

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.

If I were surrounded by angels who were purely rational and had no inclinations at all, I couldn't do anything for them. I couldn't make them happy; I couldn't make them sad, I would be entirely useless as a moral agent.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

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.

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.

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.

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

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

I pride myself on being kind.