Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

Best Quotes about Kindness

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

5.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

6.

One kind word can warm 3 winter months.

Proverb, Japanese

7.

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

8.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

9.

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

10.

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

Johnson, Samuel

11.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

12.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

13.

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

Talmud, The

14.

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

15.

The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others.

Schweitzer, Albert

16.

Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

17.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

18.

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

Seneca

19.

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

Pascal, Blaise

20.

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

21.

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

22.

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

Zadik

23.

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

Joubert, Joseph

24.

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

25.

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

Sweetland, Ben

26.

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

27.

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

Wordsworth, William

28.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

29.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

30.

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.

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

Kindness out of season destroys authority.

Sandi

36.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

37.

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

38.

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

39.

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

40.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

41.

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

42.

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.

43.

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

44.

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

Syrus, Publilius

45.

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

Sales, Soupy

46.

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

Johnson, Samuel

47.

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

48.

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.

49.

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

50.

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

Hoffer, Eric