Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

- Cicero

Best Quotes about Kindness

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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

Seneca

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

Wordsworth, William

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Sales, Soupy

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

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

Cicero

10.

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

William Shakespeare

11.

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

12.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

13.

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.

14.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

15.

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

16.

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

Johnson, Samuel

17.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

18.

The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

19.

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

20.

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

21.

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

22.

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

23.

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

Neilen, A.

24.

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

25.

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

The Dalai Lama

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Kindness out of season destroys authority.

Sandi

27.

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

Pascal, Blaise

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 consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

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.

Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

33.

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

34.

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

35.

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

36.

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

Talmud, The

37.

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

38.

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

Syrus, Publilius

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

Wordsworth, William

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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

Joubert, Joseph

47.

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

Aeschylus

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Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

49.

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

Hubbard, Kin

50.

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