Quotes about kindness

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

— Aeschylus

The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in kind that kindness will flow, For kindness grows in this way.

— Robert Alan

The good deed you do today For a brother or sister in need Will come back to you some day For humanity's a circle in deed.

— Robert Alan

Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.

— Analects

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

— Barbara De Angelis

Kindness is wisdom.

— Philip James Bailey

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

— Sir James M. Barrie

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

— William John Bennett

Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. [Ephesians]

— Bible

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

— Christian Nevell Bovee

The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God.

— Robert Burns

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears, Pass it on.

— Henry Burton

Fair and softly goes far.

— Miguel De Cervantes

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

— Frank A. Clark

Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

— Confucius

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

— Princess of Wales Diana

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.

— Princess of Wales Diana

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

It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.

— Scott Elledge

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

— Frederick W. Faber

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.

— R. Foreman

As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.

— Katherine Francke

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

— Benjamin Franklin

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.

— Kahlil Gibran

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

— Whoopi Goldberg

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.

— Sir Arthur Helps

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

— Eric Hoffer

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

— Kin Hubbard

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

— Washington Irving

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.

— Henry James

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.

— Douglas William Jerrold

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

— Samuel Johnson

To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite human beings, Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.

— Samuel Johnson

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Joseph Joubert

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

— Joseph Joubert

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

— Lao-Tzu

Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.

— Wilson Mizner

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

— Mother Teresa

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

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

— A. Neilen

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

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

— Blaise Pascal

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.

— William Penn

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

— Philo

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

— George D. Prentice

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

— Proverb

Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.

— English Proverb

Kindness begets kindness.

— Greek Proverb

One kind word can warm 3 winter months.

— Japanese Proverb

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

— Malayan Proverb

Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.

— Randolph Ray

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

— Theodore I. Rubin

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

— Soupy Sales

Kindness out of season destroys authority.

— Sandi

Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

— Jacqueline Schiff

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

— Olive Schreiner

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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

— Seneca

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

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

— C. Neil Strait

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.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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

— Ben Sweetland

There are times that when truth and kindness conflict one ought to chose kindness, especially when a little honesty is better than a lot.

— Leroy Jack Syrop

It is kindness to refuse immediately what you intend to deny.

— Publilius Syrus

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

— Publilius Syrus

Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.

— The Talmud

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.

— Lord Alfred Tennyson

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

— St. Teresa of Avila

We hate the kindness which we understand.

— Henry David Thoreau

I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!

— Paul Tillich

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

— Source Unknown

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.

— Source Unknown

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

— Source Unknown

By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too.

— Source Unknown

Business will continue to go where invited and remain where appreciated.

— Source Unknown

Be the kind of person you would like to be with.

— Source Unknown

Be kind to unkind people -- they need it the most.

— Source Unknown

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

— Source Unknown

Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind see

— Source Unknown

Kindness and honesty can be expected only from the strong.

— Source Unknown

Kindness has more power than compulsion.

— Source Unknown

Try to become the kind of person that people are anxious to see you as, and after you leave, they will have a lot of thinking to do.

— Source Unknown

The kindness planned for tomorrow doesn't count for today.

— Source Unknown

The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.

— Source Unknown

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

— John Wesley

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

— William Wordsworth

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

— William Wordsworth

Little kindnesses... will broaden your heart, and slowly you will habituate yourself to helping your fellow man in many ways.

— Zadik

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

— Zoroaster

Go further...treat others as THEY would like to be treated

— Fred McCarthy

One should be cautious with strangers, but caution should not take the place of kindness.

— Daniella Kessler