Motivational Quotes

Kindness

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

- Sophocles

Best Quotes about Kindness

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Proverb

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

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

Proverb, English

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.

Strait, C. Neil

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

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Syrus, Publilius

10.

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

11.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

12.

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

13.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

14.

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

Aeschylus

15.

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

Hoffer, Eric

16.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Teresa of Avila, St.

17.

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

Neilen, A.

18.

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

Schweitzer, Albert

19.

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

Pascal, Blaise

20.

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

21.

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

Wordsworth, William

22.

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

Schreiner, Olive

23.

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

24.

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

William Wordsworth

25.

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.

26.

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

Cicero

27.

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

28.

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

29.

One kind word can warm 3 winter months.

Proverb, Japanese

30.

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

The Dalai Lama

31.

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

32.

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

Joubert, Joseph

33.

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

Sales, Soupy

34.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Thoreau, Henry David

35.

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

Wordsworth, William

36.

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

37.

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

Sweetland, Ben

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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

39.

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

Johnson, Samuel

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

Clark, Frank A.

41.

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.

42.

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Schiff, Jacqueline

43.

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

Proverb, Malayan

44.

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

45.

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

Seneca

46.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

47.

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

Hubbard, Kin

48.

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

49.

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

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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