Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

Best Quotes about Kindness

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 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

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

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

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

Sweetland, Ben

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears, Pass it on.

Burton, Henry

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Sales, Soupy

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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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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

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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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Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see

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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 kindness planned for tomorrow doesn't count for today.

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Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

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

Schreiner, Olive

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

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A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

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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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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

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

Pascal, Blaise

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

William Shakespeare

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The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

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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

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

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Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

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

Syrus, Publilius

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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

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Kindness out of season destroys authority.

Sandi

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

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

Seneca

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A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Joubert, Joseph

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Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

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Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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

Wordsworth, William

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

Zadik