Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

- William Wordsworth

Best Quotes about Kindness

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

Faber, Frederick W.

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

Wordsworth, William

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

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

Pascal, Blaise

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

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

Talmud, The

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

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Joubert, Joseph

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Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see

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

Syrus, Publilius

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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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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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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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Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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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 gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

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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

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Aesop

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Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

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Kindness has more power than compulsion.

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

Clark, Frank A.

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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

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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

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

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Fair and softly goes far.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Sophocles

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Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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

Sales, Soupy

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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Seneca

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The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

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