Unkindness Quotes

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

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

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

… nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.

My threshold for mean gossip is nearly intolerable.

When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'

If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.

Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.

I guess there's just a meanness in this world

If something becomes mean-spirited and hurtful, it's not funny.

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

To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.

This man Bush is just about as mean as he can be.

When I must be mean, I'm mean. When I can be nice, I am nice.

I think it's always worth remembering that people sending off mean tweets are probably pretty lonely people.

And you, madam, are ugly, but I shall be sober in the morning.

My dad was very rough with us.

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

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive.

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

Every single one of the major world faiths, whether we're talking about Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Darwinism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have all come to the conclusion that what holds us back from our better self is ego, selfishness, greed, unkindness, hatred. And it all springs from a sense of thwarted ego.