I am sorry to say we whites have a sad reputation among many of the Polynesians. The natives of these islands are naturally of a kindly and hospitable temper, but there has been implanted among them an almost instinctive hate of the white man. They esteem us, with rare exceptions, such as some of the missionaries, the most barbarous, treacherous, irreligious, and devilish creatures on the earth.
I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
The worldly man treats certain people kindly because he 'likes' them: the Christian, trying to treat every one kindly, finds him liking more and more people as he goes on - including people he could not even have imagined himself liking at the beginning.
Stately, kindly, lordly friend Condescend Here to sit by me.
To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful.
No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.
In all your relations to men be great, just, generous, courteous, and kindly. The great are never otherwise.
I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.
If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut!
Cruel impulses stir all about my kindly heart.
Art. . . does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
My dear Madame, I just noticed that I forgot my cane at your house yesterday; please be good enough to give it to the bearer of this letter. P. S. Kindly pardon me for disturbing you; I just found my cane.
Treat yourself and others with kindness when you eat, exercise, play, work, love, and everything else. When you think, feel, and act kindly, you hasten your ability to connect to the power of intention.
We love the kindly wind and hail, The jolly thunderbolt, We watch in glee the fairy trail Of ampere, watt, and volt.
O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.
Always speak and think kindly about yourself, because your soul needs your love and approval.
It has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it, and find occasion to get angry at you no matter how kindly meant your deeds may be.