Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

- Syrus, Publilius

Best Quotes about Kindness

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

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

Wordsworth, William

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

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

William Shakespeare

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

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

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

Syrus, Publilius

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

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

Pascal, Blaise

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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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The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

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

13.

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

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

Seneca

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

Joubert, Joseph

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Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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

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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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Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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

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

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A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

25.

The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in kind that kindness will flow, For kindness grows in this way.

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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Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joubert, Joseph

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

31.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

36.

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

Aeschylus

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

The Dalai Lama

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Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

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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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Kindness has more power than compulsion.

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

Sweetland, Ben

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

Hubbard, Kin

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Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

Clark, Frank A.

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

Wordsworth, William

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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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Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see

49.

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

Bible

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Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.