Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

- Hubbard, Kin

Best Quotes about Kindness

1.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

2.

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

William Shakespeare

3.

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

Wordsworth, William

4.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

5.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

6.

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

Johnson, Samuel

7.

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

Faber, Frederick W.

8.

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

Schreiner, Olive

9.

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

10.

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

Neilen, A.

11.

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.

12.

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

13.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

14.

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

Sweetland, Ben

15.

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

Pascal, Blaise

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

Bible

21.

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.

22.

Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

23.

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

24.

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

25.

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

Talmud, The

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

31.

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

Wordsworth, William

32.

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

33.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

34.

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

Sales, Soupy

35.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

36.

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

37.

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.

38.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joubert, Joseph

39.

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

40.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

41.

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

42.

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

Hoffer, Eric

43.

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

Proverb, Malayan

44.

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

45.

By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too.

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.

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

Joubert, Joseph