Kindness Quotes (142)
Quotes and citations about kindness
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
By : Scott Adams
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
By : Aesop
As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.
By : Svetlana Alliluyeva
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
By : Barbara de Angelis
PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
By : Bea Arthur
The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'
By : Harvey Ball
It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world.
By : Nellie Bly
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.
By : Nathaniel Branden
I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.
By : Georg Brandes
But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers.
By : Preston Brooks
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.
By : Pearl S. Buck
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
By : Carol Burnett
I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.
By : Mangosuthu Buthelezi
I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness.
By : Blu Cantrell
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
By : Thomas Carlyle
When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck
By : Willa Cather
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.
By : Frank Howard Clark
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.
By : Jilly Cooper
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
By : Humphry Davy
If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.
By : Nelson DeMille
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.
By : Princess 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.
By : Princess Diana
If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.
By : Roma Downey
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
By : Henry Van Dyke
I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it. I love where I live. I love the people. I have been met with such kindness and affection here.
By : George Dzundza
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
By : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.
By : Frederick William Faber
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
By : Sarah Fielding
I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.
By : Carrie Fisher
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
By : Benjamin Franklin