"Always show more kindness than seems necessary,..." - Quote by Colin Powell
Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
More by Colin Powell
“One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.”
“Always find different ways to accomplish the mission. Then run a counter-analysis and list the advantages and disadvantages. When you have done that, you are ready to make a decision.”
“In the military we are always looking for ways to leverage up our forces. Having greater communications and command and control over your forces than your enemy has over his is a force multiplier. Having greater logistics capability than the enemy is a force multiplier. Having better-trained commanders is a force multiplier. Perpetual optimism, believing in yourself, believing in your purpose, believing you will prevail, and demonstrating passion and confidence is a force multiplier. If you believe and have prepared your followers, the followers will believe.”
More on Kindness
“If we don't plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don't have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don't have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.”
“What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?”
“Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.”