Kindness Quotes · Page 106

Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.

— Fulton J. Sheen

“Love is many kind acts accumulated over time that leave us feeling wonderful.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

It is God's kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.

— Rumi

The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.

— Andrew Mitchell

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

— William Wordsworth

“It seemed like an original act, the very kindest act of being human, that he listened.”

— Sue Woolfe

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.

— Abraham Lincoln

I told you to be patient, and I told you to be fine, and I told you to be balanced, and I…

— Anonymous

Self-compassion is being willing to look at your mistakes or failures with kindness and understanding without harsh criticism or defensiveness. People who…

— Anonymous

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence,…

— Horace Mann

The hand of benevolence is everywhere stretched out, searching into abuses, righting wrongs, alleviating distresses, and bringing to the knowledge and sympathies…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Spread kindness, caring, and compassion and create your own paradise. Infuse it with joy and you’ve created heaven on earth.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves—and each other.

— Anonymous

“She had no God to plead to for mercy or luck. It would be true to say she depended instead on human…

— Deborah Levy

“Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way, but the payoff is better…

— Daniel Gottlieb

“Energy follows thought “Tho money short or health does wane, We never bow our heads in shame. Let grace and kindness rule…

— Andrew Pacholyk

“he began to feel that she was very lonely indeed. “If he’d been here,” she said, “those cowards would never have dared…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“ What was your first job title? Waiter. It was at a showy opera festival in a barn in Oxfordshire. I did…

— Tom Hiddleston

If I had to give up my life for anything, it would have to have the resilience of hope, the elation of…

— Barbara Kingsolver

As a piece of travel literature alone, 'The Ends of the Earth' succeeds in providing a tangible sense of the sweaty, smelly…

— Francis Fukuyama

“[P]eople think of compassion as, like, kindness. The image comes to mind of some nice New Age guy bending to something with…

— George Saunders

. . . yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the…

— William Shakespeare

If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness,…

— Karen Armstrong

You can get what you want. Never sell out. Don't break. Don't weaken. Don't let the kindness of strangers be your salvation,…

— Henry Rollins

Cruelty is a waste of precious time and energy but kindness is an investment which pays endless dividends.

— Anonymous

[Kindness] is a most edifying form of instant gratification.

— Krista Tippett

“Those who perform acts of kindness without expectation of reward receive the greatest reward of all, immortality”

— Jerry Yellin

The universe is made of one kind of what-ever-it-is, which cannot be defined.

— Thaddeus Golas

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The short way to happiness is through kindness and sensitivity.

— Frederick Lenz

In scattering seeds of kindness, do it by hand and not by machine.

— George Ade

“Rainbows are made of small raindrops. Happy lives are made from acts of kindness.”

— Amit Ray

Keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

In the face of unspeakable evil, our whole nation must respond with countless acts of kindness, warmth and generosity.

— Steve Scalise

We must be purposely kind and generous or we miss the best part of life's existence.

— Horace Mann

You who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.

— Khalil Gibran

I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself I ride, I just ride.

— Lana Del Rey

“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”

— Mary Anne Radmacher

I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.

— Tom Shadyac

Love thy neighbor, and if it requires that you bend your understanding of the truth, the Truth will understand.

— Anonymous