Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

Best Quotes about Kindness

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

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

The Dalai Lama

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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

Hubbard, Kin

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

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

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

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

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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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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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

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Try to become the kind of person that people are anxious to see you as, and after you leave, they will have a lot of thinking to do.

13.

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

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

Bible

16.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

17.

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

Seneca

18.

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

19.

Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see

20.

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

21.

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

Syrus, Publilius

22.

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

Johnson, Samuel

23.

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

24.

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

25.

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

Neilen, A.

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 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.

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

Schreiner, Olive

29.

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

William Wordsworth

30.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

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

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

Sweetland, Ben

38.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

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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

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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.

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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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

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Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

44.

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

45.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Sophocles

47.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

49.

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

Cicero

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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