Quote by William John Bennett

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Summary

This quote suggests that performing a kind and compassionate act brings intrinsic satisfaction and fulfillment, without expecting anything in return. The act itself is seen as valuable and gratifying, emphasizing the inherent goodness and virtue of showing kindness to others. It highlights the idea that the positive impact we have on someone's life or the world around us can be personally rewarding, contributing to our own sense of happiness and contentment. In essence, the act of kindness becomes its own source of joy and fulfillment, regardless of any external rewards or recognition.

Topics

Kindness

By William John Bennett

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but

I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow.

Christina Ricci

Family

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.

George Bernard Shaw

Sleep

I expect what you're not aware of would fill several books,

I expect what you're not aware of would fill several books, Dursely.

Funny Ignorance

Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with wh

Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with which to connect their companies to the myriad stakeholders who have an interest in their well being.

Simon Mainwaring

Technology

Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please y

Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.

Self Love

Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four p

Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Life Failure Character Perseverance

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it

Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Love Christianity Vice Poison Eros Cupid

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the b

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

Thought

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the ad

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maid

Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as nymphets.

Vladimir Nabokov

Children

It is advisable that a person know at least three things, wh

It is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had best do under the circumstances.

Life

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

William Feather

Business