Motivational Quotes

Kindness

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

- Sophocles

Best Quotes about Kindness

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

Talmud, The

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

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

Cicero

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

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

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

Hoffer, Eric

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

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

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

Aeschylus

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Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

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

Sales, Soupy

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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

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

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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.

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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Sophocles

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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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

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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

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

Proverb, Malayan

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

24.

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

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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

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Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

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

Syrus, Publilius

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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.

30.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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

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Kindness has more power than compulsion.

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Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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

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

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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

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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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

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

40.

One kind word can warm 3 winter months.

Proverb, Japanese

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

Margaret Cho

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

Seneca

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

Johnson, Samuel

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

William Wordsworth