Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

Best Quotes about Kindness

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

Seneca

4.

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

Joubert, Joseph

5.

Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o'the milk of human kindness.

William Shakespeare

6.

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

7.

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

Syrus, Publilius

8.

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

9.

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

Talmud, The

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Aesop

13.

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

14.

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.

15.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

16.

Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

17.

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

Johnson, Samuel

18.

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

Hoffer, Eric

19.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

20.

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

Hubbard, Kin

21.

The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

22.

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.

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Cicero

26.

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

27.

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

Proverb, Malayan

28.

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

Faber, Frederick W.

32.

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

Johnson, Samuel

33.

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

Zadik

34.

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

Wordsworth, William

35.

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

36.

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

37.

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

38.

Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.

Ray, Randolph

39.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

William Wordsworth

44.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

45.

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.

46.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

Wordsworth, William

50.

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

Francke, Katherine