Kindness Quotes

2398 Kindness quotes by 1323 unique authors

Harshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That's harsh. Telling some guy or some girl who've got zero talent that… — Simon Cowell
In much of today's popular culture, the virtues of forgiveness and kindness are belittled, while ridicule, anger, and harsh criticism are encouraged. Let us not… — David E. Sorensen
Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know. — Colin Powell
It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible… — Robert Solow
When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me.… — Joss Whedon
This is a way to kill a wife with kindness. — William Shakespeare
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of… — Maya Angelou
Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don't have to be swept away by your feeling. You… — Henepola Gunaratana
Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right. — Unknown Author
We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons… — Justin Martyr
Your friends today attach themselves not to you but to your purse or to some advantage they can gain through your father's kindness. When your… — Sathya Sai Baba
I believe that pity is a law like justice, and that kindness is a duty like uprightness. That which is weak has a right to… — Victor Hugo
In the range of my character at any given moment, I have acted in the only way it seemed to me I could have acted.… — Anne Truitt
The greatest kindness would put a bullet in his bright eye. — Donald Hall
A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly… — Robert E. Lee
In the mind of all the English soldiers there is absolutely no hate for the Germans, but a kind of brotherly though slightly comtemptuous kindness… — Ivor Gurney
I must be cruel, only to be kind. — William Shakespeare
I was really blown away and inspired by everything that she [Audrey Hepburn] had done for children via and through UNICEF and I guess it… — Liv Tyler
I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't remember… — Richard Avedon
So often when you start talking about kindness to animals someone comments that starving and mistreated children should come first. The issue can't be divided… — Minnie Pearl
How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given them, is as… — John Andreas Widtsoe
Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not permit anyone at… — Pope Pius IX
Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return, not even a thank-you. The universal all-creating Spirit responds to acts of kindness with the response:… — Wayne Dyer
Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait… — Katharine Hepburn
Do your little bit of good where you are. — Desmond Tutu

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