--- title: "9 Kindness Goodness Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Kindness Goodness quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Kindness Goodness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/susan-c-young-156_best-keynote-speaker_most-people-want-need-and-respond-positi_1922261.jpg" --- > [“Most people want, need, and respond positively to gestures of kindness and goodness. This universal friendliness connects humanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-c-young/most-people-want-need-and-respond-positively-to-gestures-of-kindness/) [Susan C. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-c-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/susan-c-young-156_best-keynote-speaker_most-people-want-need-and-respond-positi_1922261.jpg) > [Kindness is goodness hidden in the heart More often than declared in speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kean-seymour/kindness-is-goodness-hidden-in-the-heart-more-often-than-declared-in/) [William Kean Seymour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kean-seymour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/william-kean-seymour-41299_communication_kindness-is-goodness-hidden-in-the-heart_1638380.png) > [“I wish the Lord would just knock me over with kindness and goodness and simple purity, because I don't seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-e-turner/i-wish-the-lord-would-just-knock-me-over-with-kindness-and-goodness/) [Nancy E. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-e-turner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/nancy-e-turner-9527_kindness_i-wish-the-lord-would-just-knock-me-over_1322101.png) > [“Kindness is goodness hidden in the heart More often than declared in speech. - Kindness ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kean-seymour/kindness-is-goodness-hidden-in-the-heart-more-often-than-declared-in-2/) [William Kean Seymour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kean-seymour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/william-kean-seymour-41299_communication_kindness-is-goodness-hidden-in-the-heart_2399562.png) > [“Where this is kindness, there is goodness. And where this goodness, there is magic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cinderella/where-this-is-kindness-there-is-goodness-and-where-this-goodness/) [cinderella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cinderella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/cinderella-35311_kindness_where-this-is-kindness-there-is-goodness_1549914.jpg) > [I used to say that if something happened to my mother, I wanted to die with her. That's because I loved her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stevie-wonder/i-used-to-say-that-if-something-happened-to-my-mother-i-wanted-to-die/) [Stevie Wonder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevie-wonder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/stevie-wonder-2107_because_i-used-to-say-that-if-something-happened_2183713.jpg) > [For every act of violence and messiness there are a million acts of kindness and goodness. It just depends where you look.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/for-every-act-of-violence-and-messiness-there-are-a-million-acts-of/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/wayne-dyer-158_acts-of-kindness_for-every-act-of-violence-and-messiness_1857824.png) > [“Do you know what I like about you, Elizabeth?" She couldn't even possibly imagine. "You're as kind and good a person as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-quinn/do-you-know-what-i-like-about-you-elizabeth-she-couldn-t-even/) [Julia Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/julia-quinn-282_humor_do-you-know-what-i-like-about-you-elizab_1182221.jpg) > [“Perhaps there really is a good that exists; for a century of darkness to be eschewed by a single flame; for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/perhaps-there-really-is-a-good-that-exists-for-a-century-of-darkness/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/c-joybell-c-471_acts-of-kindness_perhaps-there-really-is-a-good-that-exis_1391363.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kindness-goodness/#itemlist", "name": "Kindness Goodness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Most people want, need, and respond positively to gestures of kindness and goodness. This universal friendliness connects humanity.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susan C. 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