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

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

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

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

Margaret Cho

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

Neilen, A.

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

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

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Johnson, Samuel

13.

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

14.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

15.

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

16.

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

Aeschylus

17.

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

18.

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

Bible

19.

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

20.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

21.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Tennessee Williams

22.

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

The Dalai Lama

23.

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

Cicero

24.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

25.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Bennett, William John

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

29.

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.

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

34.

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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