Motivational Quotes

Kindness

We hate the kindness which we understand.

- Thoreau, Henry David

Best Quotes about Kindness

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

Wordsworth, William

Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. [Ephesians]

Bible

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

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

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Sophocles

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

Francke, Katherine

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

Faber, Frederick W.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Schreiner, Olive

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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good 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.

Penn, William

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

Hoffer, Eric

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

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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.

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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

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o'the milk of human kindness.

William Shakespeare

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The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

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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

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We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

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Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Clark, Frank A.

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Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.

Elizabeth I

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

Neilen, A.

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If someone were to pay you $.10 for every kind word you ever spoke and collect $.05 for every unkind word, would you be rich or poor?

Nonpareil

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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

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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.

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Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness

Seneca

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Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

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

Sweetland, Ben

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The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in kind that kindness will flow, For kindness grows in this way.

Alan, Robert

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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

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A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

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

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

Joubert, Joseph

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Little kindnesses... will broaden your heart, and slowly you will habituate yourself to helping your fellow man in many ways.

Zadik

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