Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

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Best Quotes about Kindness

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.

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

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

Neilen, A.

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

Sweetland, Ben

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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

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

Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see

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

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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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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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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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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 sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Aeschylus

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Kindness out of season destroys authority.

Sandi

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

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

Joubert, Joseph

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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.

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A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

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A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

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

Pascal, Blaise

29.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Johnson, Samuel

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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

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I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

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Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

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

Sophocles

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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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Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

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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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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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Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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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

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

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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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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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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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Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Syrus, Publilius