Kindness Quotes

2398 Kindness quotes by 1323 unique authors

Why I Wake Early Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields and into the faces… — Mary Oliver
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. — Mahatma Gandhi
To belittle, you have to be little. — Khalil Gibran
There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort. — John Steinbeck
A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a… — Daniel Handler
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. — Mother Teresa
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
If you can't be kind, at least be vague. — Judith Martin
The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness,… — Elwyn Brooks White
My plea...is a plea to save the children. Too many of them walk with pain and fear, in loneliness and despair. Children need sunlight...They need… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. — William Penn
These days, Clarissa believes, you measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. You get tired, sometimes, of wit and intellect; everybody's… — Michael Cunningham
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. — Jack Canfield
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. — Alexander Pope
Chris Nielsen: Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw them. Thank you for being someone I… — Richard Matheson
There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness… — James A. Garfield
Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and… — Confucius
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… — Emanuel Swedenborg
Bitter your acts, bitter am I, Kindness your deeds, kindness am I, Pleasant and gentle, so you are, Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker. — Unknown Author
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be… — Terry Goodkind
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words,… — Paramahansa Yogananda
You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are… — Jack Kornfield
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is… — Wendy Mass

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