Motivational Quotes

Kindness

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

- Syrus, Publilius

Best Quotes about Kindness

The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

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

Sweetland, Ben

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

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

Wordsworth, William

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

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

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

Schreiner, Olive

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

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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A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

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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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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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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.

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

Bible

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

William Wordsworth

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

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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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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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One kind word can warm 3 winter months.

Proverb, Japanese

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Sophocles

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Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Margaret Cho

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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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I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

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

Sales, Soupy

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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joubert, Joseph

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

Talmud, The

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

Hubbard, Kin

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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

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Kindness has more power than compulsion.

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

Syrus, Publilius

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

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We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Aeschylus

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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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

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

Cicero

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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

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

Barrie, Sir James M.