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Be Kinder Than Necessary . . .

“Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.”

~ Anonymous

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Category: Spirituality

About Frank Viola

Frank Viola is a best-selling author, blogger, speaker, and consultant to authors and writers. His mission is to help serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. To learn more about Frank and his work, go to 20 Years of Projects. To invite Frank to speak at your event, go to his Speaking Page. Due to a new problem with persistent spam that we haven’t figured out how to control, comments are closed for the present time. To contact Frank, use the “Contact” page in the top menu.

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  1. Aaron

    April 25, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    I think kindness is an underrated characteristic of Christianity.

  2. ephraiyim

    August 22, 2010 at 5:53 PM

    This caught my eye as this weeks’ Torah portion Deut.21:10-25:19 speaks to being kind. We are commanded to show kindness in this portion even to those condemned to die 21::22-23.
    I also am thinking of the fact that it is His kindness that leads to repentance. It seems appropriate that as His ambassadors we should show His kindness to others.
    So often we seem to get caught up in condemning the sin of unbelievers. We came to the cross through an act of kindness. I wonder if we would do better being kind to sinners as He was with us when we were in sin.

  3. volkmar1108

    August 12, 2010 at 2:39 PM

    The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age,
    gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep
    down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

  4. Kathy

    August 11, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind…—Kahlil Gibran

    Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.—Og Mandino

  5. Christopher Maselli

    August 11, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    FROG Not sure if this counts, but here’s one of my recent favorites…

    “If we are yielded to Him, the Lord will forge wisdom within us on the anvil of our mistakes.” — Frank Viola in “Rethinking the Will of God”

  6. captainquaker

    August 11, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    Henry David Thoreau

  7. captainquaker

    August 11, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

    • frankaviola

      August 11, 2010 at 9:08 AM

      Captain: Great quote … who is the source?

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