Motivational Quotes

Kindness

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

- Sweetland, Ben

Best Quotes about Kindness

1.

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

2.

I have wept in the night for the shortness of sight that to somebody's need made me blind; But I never have yet Felt a tinge of regret for being a little to kind

3.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

James, Henry

4.

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind.

Proverb, Malayan

5.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

6.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Pascal, Blaise

7.

Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

8.

I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Ettiene De Grellet

9.

As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.

Francke, Katherine

10.

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad.

Schreiner, Olive

11.

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.

Diana, Princess of Wales

12.

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Johnson, Samuel

13.

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

Jerrold, Douglas William

14.

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

15.

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

16.

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

Clark, Frank A.

17.

The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.

18.

The best portion of a good man's life is in his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

Wordsworth, William

19.

The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others.

Schweitzer, Albert

20.

There are times that when truth and kindness conflict one ought to chose kindness, especially when a little honesty is better than a lot.

Syrop, Leroy Jack

21.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Aeschylus

22.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

Cicero

23.

By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too.

24.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

Barrie, Sir James M.

25.

Be the kind of person you would like to be with.

26.

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life.

Wordsworth, William

27.

Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.

Analects

28.

Kindness out of season destroys authority.

Sandi

29.

If you were busy being kind, Before you knew it, you would find You'd soon forget to think 'twas true That someone was unkind to you. If you were busy being glad, And cheering people who are sad, Although your heart might ache a bit, You'd soon forget to notice it.

Foreman, R.

30.

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

Hoffer, Eric

31.

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer not neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

32.

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

33.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Joubert, Joseph

34.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

Margaret Cho

35.

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

36.

Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you.

Sales, Soupy

37.

I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind,t'were perjury to love thee now!

Tillich, Paul

38.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

The Dalai Lama

39.

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.

Strait, C. Neil

40.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

41.

Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see

42.

If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act, you have neglected much, and most of all yourself.

Neilen, A.

43.

Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

44.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joubert, Joseph

45.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

46.

There are no thanks for a kindness, which has been delayed.

47.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Mother Teresa

48.

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

Faber, Frederick W.

49.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Schweitzer, Albert

50.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David