Motivational Quotes

Kindness

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

- Bennett, William John

Best Quotes about Kindness

1.

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

2.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

3.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

4.

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

Sweetland, Ben

5.

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

Hubbard, Kin

6.

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

Johnson, Samuel

7.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

8.

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

9.

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

Hoffer, Eric

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

Talmud, The

14.

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

15.

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

16.

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

Schreiner, Olive

17.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

18.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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.

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

Margaret Cho

21.

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

Syrus, Publilius

22.

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

23.

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

Joubert, Joseph

24.

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

25.

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

26.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

27.

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

Wordsworth, William

28.

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

Wordsworth, William

29.

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.

30.

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

31.

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

Neilen, A.

32.

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.

33.

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

Aesop

34.

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

Bible

35.

One kind word can warm 3 winter months.

Proverb, Japanese

36.

Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

37.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

38.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

39.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

40.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

41.

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

Francke, Katherine

42.

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

43.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

44.

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

William Shakespeare

45.

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

46.

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

47.

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

The Dalai Lama

48.

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

49.

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

50.

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