Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

- Wordsworth, William

Best Quotes about Kindness

1.

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

2.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

3.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.

Albert Einstein

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

Seneca

7.

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

Francke, Katherine

8.

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

Sales, Soupy

9.

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

Aesop

10.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

11.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

12.

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.

13.

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

14.

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

15.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

16.

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

17.

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

Faber, Frederick W.

18.

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

Joubert, Joseph

19.

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

20.

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

Schreiner, Olive

21.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

22.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

23.

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

24.

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

25.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

26.

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

Sweetland, Ben

27.

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.

28.

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

Sophocles

29.

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

30.

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

31.

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

32.

If your words are soft and sweet, they won't be as hard to swallow if you have to eat them.

33.

Kindness out of season destroys authority.

Sandi

34.

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

Zadik

35.

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

36.

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

Pascal, Blaise

37.

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

Hubbard, Kin

38.

The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

39.

The kindness planned for tomorrow doesn't count for today.

40.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

Johnson, Samuel

44.

Try to become the kind of person that people are anxious to see you as, and after you leave, they will have a lot of thinking to do.

45.

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

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