Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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Best Quotes about Kindness

1.

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

2.

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

Joubert, Joseph

3.

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

4.

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

5.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Faber, Frederick W.

13.

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

14.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

15.

Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.

Hubbard, Kin

16.

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

17.

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

Aesop

18.

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

19.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

Angelis, Barbara De

20.

Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.

Talmud, The

21.

That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

William Wordsworth

22.

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

The Dalai Lama

23.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

Prentice, George D.

24.

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

25.

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

Zadik

26.

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

Sophocles

27.

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

Syrus, Publilius

28.

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

Sweetland, Ben

29.

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

Sales, Soupy

30.

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

Cicero

31.

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

Hoffer, Eric

32.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

33.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

34.

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

35.

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

36.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

37.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

38.

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

Schreiner, Olive

39.

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

40.

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.

41.

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

Clark, Frank A.

42.

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

43.

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

Seneca

44.

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

Francke, Katherine