Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

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Best Quotes about Kindness

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

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

Pascal, Blaise

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

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

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

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

Wordsworth, William

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

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

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Kindness out of season destroys authority.

Sandi

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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

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The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

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To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite human beings, Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.

Johnson, Samuel

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The good deed you do today For a brother or sister in need Will come back to you some day For humanity's a circle in deed.

Alan, Robert

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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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

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Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

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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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One kind word can warm 3 winter months.

Proverb, Japanese

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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

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Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

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

Sales, Soupy

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Business will continue to go where invited and remain where appreciated.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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

Wordsworth, William

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Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

George Sand

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It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.

Syrus, Publilius

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We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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 kindness planned for tomorrow doesn't count for today.

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Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.

Swedenborg, Emanuel

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Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears, Pass it on.

Burton, Henry

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

The Dalai Lama

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

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

Aesop

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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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Be kind to unkind people -- they need it the most.

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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

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

Sweetland, Ben

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

Francke, Katherine

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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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Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joubert, Joseph

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

Proverb, Malayan

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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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