Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.
James M. BarrieRead
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
Interpretation
Being kind is essential, and often, it's beneficial to exceed the expected level of kindness.
This quote suggests that in our interactions with others, we should strive to be more kind than what is merely required or expected. Kindness can have a powerful impact on people's lives, and going the extra mile in our compassion and generosity not only helps others but enriches our own lives as well.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech to inspire audience members to practice kindness in their daily lives.
Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
It was then that Hook bit him. Not the pain of this but its unfairness was what dazed Peter. It made him quite helpless. He could only stare, horrified. Every child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly. All he thinks he has a right to when he comes to you to be yours is fairness. After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but he will never afterwards be quite the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter.
But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.
The good you have done, the kind words you have spoken, the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured.
Remember that the biggest thing you could do today is a small act of kindness.
Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running neck and neck. It will vastly improve the quality of your own life, the lives of others, and the state of the world.
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now.
In this troubled world, it's refreshing to find someone who still has the time to be kind. Someone who still has the faith to believe that the more you give, the more you receive. Someone who's ready by thought, word, or deed to reach out a hand, in the hour of need.
God damn it, you've got to be kind.
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