Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

- Wordsworth, William

Best Quotes about Kindness

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

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

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

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.

Francke, Katherine

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

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 is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.

Ray, Randolph

10.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

Sales, Soupy

17.

The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

Burns, Robert

18.

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

Zadik

19.

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

Aesop

20.

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

William Wordsworth

21.

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

Pascal, Blaise

22.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

23.

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

24.

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

Bible

25.

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

26.

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

Seneca

27.

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

Wordsworth, William

28.

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

Aeschylus

29.

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

Clark, Frank A.

30.

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

31.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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.

35.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

36.

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

37.

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

Schreiner, Olive

38.

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

Wordsworth, William

39.

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

40.

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

Hoffer, Eric

41.

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

42.

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

43.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

44.

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

Talmud, The

45.

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.

46.

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

47.

Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

48.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

49.

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

50.

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