Kindness Quotes: A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. Kindness is a universal language that transcends cultures, borders, and backgrounds. In a world often filled with challenges, a simple act of kindness can create ripples of positivity.
Why Kindness Matters
Kindness is more than a fleeting gesture; it’s a transformative force that improves mental health, strengthens relationships, and builds communities. Studies show that acts of kindness release oxytocin, reducing stress and boosting happiness.
Kindness Quotes
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. – Thomas Carlyle
A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward. – William John Bennett
A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. ~ Steve Maraboli
A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand. – Saint Ambrose
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. — John Ruskin
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar. – Mark Twain
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. –Joseph Joubert
A person who does things that count doesn’t usually stop to count them. ~ Author Unknown
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A sensitive soul sees the world through the lens of love. – Unknown
A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need. – Richelle E. Goodrich
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. – William Arthur Ward
Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. – Confucius
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – Mark Twain
All generalizations are false, including this one. – Mark Twain
Always be a little kinder than necessary. ~James M. Barrie
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Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does. – Roy T. Bennett
An egoist lives in poverty. A kind person lives in abundance. – Maxime Lagacé
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. – Mark Twain
As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. – Mary Anne Radmacher
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. – Annie Lennox
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. —Simone Weil
Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. – Roy T. Bennett
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Be a good person. But don’t waste time proving to everyone.
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. ~Maya Angelou
Be good to people for no reason.
Be honest and frank anyway.
Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most. – Unknown
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Dalai Lama
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. – Plato
Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind. — Roy T. Bennett
Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle. — Ian Maclaren
Be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody. — KID PRESIDENT
Be the change you wish you wish to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi
Be the one who makes others feel included.
Be the person that makes others feel special. Be known for your kindness and grace. – Author Unknown
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people. – Roy T. Bennett
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. – Kahlil Gibran
Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can. -Andrew Iskander
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Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. – Og Mandino
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. – Marian Wright Edelman
Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. — Pete Seeger
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 Diana
Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you. – Shannon L. Alder
Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ~Richard Carlson
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. ~R.J. Palacio
Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments. – Anonymous
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. – Evelyn Underhill
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ~Alexander Pope
Do good to others. It will come back in unexpected ways.
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. – Dalai Lama
Do one act of kindness each day of the year and change 365 lives. ~ Anthony Douglas Williams
Do small things with great love. – Mother Teresa
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are. – Harold S. Kushner
Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who’d be kind to me. That’s what people really want if they’re telling the truth. – Doris Lessing
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Do you really want to be happy? Just pay attention and be kind, unconditionally kind, on this breath alone. Forget about the future. Just this breath. No matter what the circumstances, just be kind. Friend, lover, family member, someone who seems to hate you, someone you’ve never met on the street, your own soft animal body. Just be kind, in whatever way is appropriate. Everything else will work itself out, and you will begin to sense your own pure heart everywhere. How amazing. Very simple. Just be kind. Only on this breath. ~ Scott Morrison
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. – Desmond Tutu
Don’t cast a shadow on anyone unless you’re providing shade. — Terri Guillemets
Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness.
Don’t wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly… lead the way! – ~ Steve Maraboli
Don’t wait for people to be friendly, show them how. — Author Unknown
Even if a log lies in the water for a long time, it does not become a crocodile.
Even the smallest act of caring for another person is like a drop of water – it will make ripples throughout the entire pond. ~ Jessy and Bryan Matteo
Every act of kindness benefits the giver, as well as the receiver. –Katrina Mayer
Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style. – Rebecca Solnit
Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone’s day. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich
Everyone responds to kindness. — Richard Gere
Everywhere you go, leave a glitter trail of kindness behind you. – Unknown
Extend yourself in kindness to other human beings wherever you can. – Oprah Winfrey
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
From what we get, we can make a living: what we give, however, makes a life. – Arthur Ashe
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Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty. – Phaedrus
Gentleness, self-sacrifice, and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion. —Mahatma Gandhi
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. – Mark Twain
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Good Manners and Kindness are Always in Fashion. – Unknown
Good words bring good feelings to the heart. speak with kindness, always. — ROD WILLIAMS
Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. – Dennis Prager
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great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great. – Mark Twain
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. — VINCENT VAN GOGH
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. – George Sand
Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give. – – Ben Carson
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. -Benjamin Franklin
Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind. –Kurt Vonnegut
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! –George Elliston
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. ~ C. S. Lewis
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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ~ MOTHER THERESA
I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have. — Andie MacDowell
I am only one, but still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do. ~ Helen Keller
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. – Pearl S. Buck
I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind. – Neil Gaiman
I like kindness. Who doesn’t? Life is definitely too short for self-centered, abusive people. – Ellen Greene
I realized that social media can be a powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally. – Amy Jo Martin
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else. – Roald Dahl
I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness. ~Mother Teresa
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness. ~Lao Tzu
If I see you as different and I view you with suspicion, or at the best with cold neutrality, it is unlikely that I will feel kindly disposed toward you. If instead I look at you knowing we both belong to the human race, both have a similar nature, different experiences but the same roots and a common destiny, then it is probable I will feel openness, solidarity, empathy toward you. In another word, Kindness. -Pierro Ferrucci
If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first. – Mark Twain
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.
If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time. – Edith Wharton
If someone shows you their true colors, don’t try and repaint them.
If speaking kindly to plants makes them grow, imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do. – Unknown
If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution. – J.M. Coetzee
If we’re destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there’s got to be very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. – Ellen DeGeneres
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
If you can be kind in the Land of Rudeness, you can be King in the Land of Kindness. – Mehmet Murat
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one. —Mother Teresa
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving-kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person. – Nhat Hanh
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If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. – Mark Twain
If you want to be a rebel, be kind. — Pancho Ramos Stierle
If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up. – Booker T. Washington
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
In a world where you can be anything, be kind. – Jennifer Dukes Lee
In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy. — Karl Reiland
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us. — FLORA EDWARDS
In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with. -Brian Tracy
Is there an area of your life that could do with a kinder response today? – Clare Josa
It doesn’t do any good to argue. Be kind. – Richard G. Scott
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. – Mark Twain
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. – Eric Hoffer
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is still breathtaking to me to watch people bring love, preciousness, and kindness to their inner world, allowing the light of God to shine through their eyes so that the beauty of their soul can come forth. – Debbie Ford
It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert. — Jacques-Yves Cousteau
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice. – Author Unknown
I’m a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small. – Liam Neeson
I’ve been so bothered with my property, that I’m tired of it, and don’t mean to save up anymore, but give it away as I go along, and then nobody will envy me, or want to steal it, and I shan’t be suspecting folks and worrying about my old cash. —Louisa May Alcott
Just imagine how different the world could be if we all spoke to everyone with respect and kindness. — Holly Branson
Kids want to appear tough and independent. Adults want to appear kind and perfect. The wise are just kind. – Maxime Lagacé
Kill them with kindness, slay them with a smile. — Caesar
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Kind hearts are the gardens. Kind thoughts are the roots. Kind words are the blossoms. Kind deeds are the fruits. –Kirpal Singh
Kind people are the best kind of people. – Unknown
Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. – Blaise Pascal
Kind words produce their own image in men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used. –Blaise Pascal
Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It’s like medicine – very healing. – Max Irons
Kindness and compassion toward all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cockfighting, bullfighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence. Only when we have become nonviolent toward all life will we have learned to live well ourselves. – Cesar Chavez Letter
Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure. – King Solomon
Kindness casts a huge shadow. You may not always see it, but it’s always there. — DOE ZANTAMATA
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget many things. – Madame Swetchine
Kindness gives birth to kindness. – Sophocles
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. —Lao Tzu
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. — Mark Twain
Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith. – Prophet Mohammed
Kindness is a much more crushing force than anger. – Samael Aun Weo
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Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes. Joseph B. Wirthlin
Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome. — Amelia Barr
Kindness is choosing to acknowledge and celebrate the beauty in others, regardless of whether or not they can find it in themselves. – RAKTIVIST
Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. – Sophocles
Kindness is free – sprinkle that stuff everywhere.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. – Samuel Jhonson
Kindness is just loving with its work boots on. – Victoria Moran
Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers. – Kahlil Gibran
Kindness is love in action. – Tara Cousineau
Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person. — PLATO
Kindness is showing someone they matter. — Unknown
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.- Paramahansa Yogananda
Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. – Robert Green Ingersoll
Kindness is twice blessed. It blesses the one who gives it with a sense of his or her own capacity to love, and the person who receives it with a sense of the beneficence of the universe. – Dawna Markova
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him. – Frank A. Clark
Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life. – Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
Leave the world a better place than when you entered it.
Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us. – Pope Francis
Let’s play kind games instead of mind games.
Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people. — Roy T. Bennett
Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles. Notice them.
Life is an echo. What you send out, comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you. — Zig Ziglar
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. — Unknown
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
Love and kindness go hand in hand. — Marian Keyes
Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make it a regular habit to amaze someone with your kindness
Make one person happy each day and in 40 years you will have made 14,600 human beings happy for a little time at least. – Charley Willey
Make the right decision, even when nobody’s listening, especially when nobody’s looking, and you will always turn out ok. ~ Oprah Winfrey
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May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion. – Thomas Jefferson
More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate. – Roy T. Bennett
My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago, and I still do. – Maya Angelou
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. – Dalai Lama
My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That’s something worth achieving. – Pierce Brosnan
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 kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. – Maya Angelou
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. – Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has .~ Margaret Mead
Never get tired of doing little things for others. sometimes, those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts. — UNKNOWN
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up. – Jesse Jackson
No one has ever become poor by giving. – Anne Frank
No one is born hating another person…People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. —Nelson Mandela
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul.
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Not everyone will appreciate what you do for them. You have to figure out who’s worth your kindness and just taking advantage.
Nothing in life means anything unless someone cares, and the whole trick is to keep being that someone. — Robert Brault
One can remain alive … if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways. – Edith Wharton
One can’t be kind to one person and cruel to another. – Morarji Desai
One kind word can change someone’s entire day. – Author Unknown
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. — Booker T. Washington
One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, it usually comes back to you. – Anonymous
One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others’ feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others’ weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all — to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high. – Ezra Taft Benson
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. – Sophocles
Only a smile, only a word, only a kindness done. A brief exchange, a little light of love from one to one. – John McLeod
Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe. –
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. – Dalai Lama
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People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou
Perhaps more than any other factor, kindness gives meaning and value to our life, raises us above our troubles and our battles, and makes us feel good about ourselves. – Piero Ferrucci
Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time. — MARY LIVERMORE
Politeness is the flower of humanity. — Joseph Joubert
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now. -Jack Kerouac
Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. — Anne Herbert
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. — Frank A. Clark
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. ― Martin Luther King, Jr.
See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see. – Dr. Wayne Dyer
She’s known sadness, and it has made her kind. -Nathan Filer
Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. – William Menninger
Sometimes miracles are just good people with kind hearts. – Unknown
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else’s life forever. ~Margaret Cho
Start the new year by resolving to look for opportunities to extend kindness to others, even in small ways. – Kristin Demery
Stay humble. Work Hard. Be kind. – Anonymous
Succeed anyway.
Teaching kids good manners is teaching them about kindness, consideration, and respect. – Claire Stranberg
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. —Simone de Beauvoir
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The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. —William Wordsworth
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Mahatma Gandhi
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
The capacity to care is what gives life its deepest significance. -Pablo Casals
The catchphrase for the day is ‘Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile. – Harvey Ball
The educated Southerner has no use for an ‘r’, beginning of a word except at the. – Mark Twain
The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you. — Anita Roddick
The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission. – George MacDonald
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. – Hada Bejar
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. –Aesop
The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first, you must have the mud—the obstacles of life and its suffering. …The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. …Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness, and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one. –Goldie Hawn
The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success. – Norman Vincent Peale
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The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. — JOHN E. SOUTHARD
The only way, to tell the truth, is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard. – Henry David Thoreau
The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness. – Oscar de la Renta
The simple act of caring is heroic. – Edward Albert
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. – Oscar Wilde
The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.-Parke Godwin
The time you take and the power of your words – how you say them, what words you choose to use, and when to speak these words. These words can be ones that ridicule, make fun of, chastise, or ones that provide encouragement, praise or demonstrate kindness.
The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred. – Dalai Lama
The truth is, none of us really know how much someone else is hurting. We could be standing right beside someone who feels completely broken or is facing the battle of their lives and has no idea.
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. —Albert Einstein
The very nature of kindness is to spread. If you are kind to others, today they will be kind to you, and tomorrow to somebody else. – Sri Chinmoy
The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind. — Ingrid Newkirk
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded. – Mark Twain
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There are no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. – Scott Adams
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. – Edith Wharton
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. – Cicero
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. — JOHN HOLMES
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. –Nathaniel Branden
They weren’t nice words he said. He could’ve lived a good life and died never having made a person feel rubbed down to bones and too sad to hold together. – Shannon Hale
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. – James Matthew Barrie
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
Through the kindness, we bestow on others and through the kindness, others bestow upon us — we help keep each other afloat in the stormy seas of life. – Orly Wahba
Throw Kindness Around Like Confetti. – Author Unknown
To belittle, you have to be little. – Khalil Gibran
To err on the side of kindness is seldom an error. ~Liz Armbruster
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To experience kindness not only makes a person feel valued but it also plants a seed of kindness within them so that, eventually, they will become another who shows kindness. – Catherine Pulsifer
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. — Max Beerbohm
To make a difference in someone’s life you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care. – Mandy Hale
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. – Confucius
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To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind. ― Pearl S. Buck
To understand everything is to forgive everything. – Osho
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. – Leo Buscaglia
Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times. –John Gerzema
Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions. – Kiana Tom
Trick or treat people with kindness. – Harry Styles
True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness, we offer to others. — Alek Wek
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. – Bob Kerrey
Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth, and your heart for love. – Author Unknown
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.
We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. — RONALD REAGAN
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes, season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. – Marcus Aurelius
We rise by lifting others. – Robert Ingersoll
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. – Charlie Chaplin
What goes around comes around and your kindness is usually appreciated by people who also reflect approval which is helpful to your self-esteem. – Nathan Smart
kindness education quotes
What if we put as much weight on teaching our kids to be kind as much as we do in raising them to be smart?
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. -Albert Pike
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. – Abraham Joshua Heschel
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. ~ Dalai Lama
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. – Maya Angelou
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. – William Arthur Ward
When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.
When words are both true and kind, they can change the world. – Buddha
When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world. – Harold Kushner
When you carry out acts of kindness, you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel. – Harold Kushner
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
When you’re young, kindness gives you the wisdom of an old soul. And when you get a little older, kindness can keep you young. – Stephen G.
Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Where there is kindness, there is goodness. Where there is goodness, there is magic. – Cinderella
Wherever there is a human in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference. – Kevin Heath
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With gentleness, overcome anger. With generosity, overcome meanness. With truth. Overcome delusion. —The Buddha
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. – Marlene Dietrich
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. –Publilius Syrus
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on. – Dolly Parton
You can never know the ripple effect you create with one tiny gesture of kindness. – Elle Sommer
You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be. – Captain Beefheart
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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. – John Wooden
You can’t buy happiness. But you can get it for free with kindness.
You deserve that space as much as anyone. You deserve to be heard and seen in all your glory and all your magic.
You do not have to be rich to be generous.
You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope. – Katniss Everdeen
You don’t have to move mountains. Simply fall in love with life. Be a tornado of happiness, gratitude, and acceptance. You will change the world just by being a warm, kind-hearted human being. – Anita Krizan
You never know what someone is going through. Be kind always.
Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others. – William J.H. Boetcker
Your greatness is not what you have, it’s what you give. — Alice Hocker
Your wealth or status doesn’t make you. Your kindness and character does. – Venkat Desireddy
How to Use Kindness Quotes in Daily Life
Incorporating kindness quotes into your routine can be simple and impactful. Here are practical ways to use them:
- Morning Motivation: Start your day by reading a kindness quote to set a positive tone.
- Social Media Sharing: Share quotes on platforms like X to inspire others and spread positivity.
- Journaling: Reflect on a quote each day and write about how you can apply it.
- Workplace Inspiration: Display a kindness quote in your workspace to foster a compassionate environment.
- Gift Ideas: Create cards or gifts featuring kindness quotes for loved ones.
Conclusion
Kindness is a simple yet profound way to improve lives and communities. With these 300 kindness quotes, you have a powerful tool to inspire positivity, foster empathy, and create meaningful connections. Start small, share a quote, or perform a kind act today—your efforts will ripple outward, making the world a better place.