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Catchy Kindness Quotes

“Speak your kind.” — Unknown

 

“Kindness is wisdom.” — Philip James Bailey

 

“Kindness gives birth to kindness.” — Sophocles

 

“Be a little kinder than you have to.” — E. Lockhart

 

“Kind people are the best kind of people.” — Unknown

 

“To belittle, you have to be little.” — Kahlil Gibran

 

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” — Anne Frank

 

“A kind word is like a Spring day.” — Russian Proverb

 

“Men are cruel, but Man is kind.” — Rabindranath Tagore

 

“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” — Confucius

 

“Kindness does wonderful things to a face.” — Dixie Doyle

 

“For it is in giving that we receive.” — Francis of Assisi

 

“Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way.” — Max Irons

 

“To understand everything is to forgive everything.” — Osho

 

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi

 

“Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude.” — Confucius

 

“Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most.” — Unknown

 

“It doesn’t do any good to argue. Be kind.” — Richard G. Scott

 

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” — Dalai Lama

 

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” — Plato

 

“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” — Blaise Pascal

 

“Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.” — Mason Cooley

 

“One can’t be kind to one person and cruel to another.” — Morarji Desai

 

“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” — Andy Rooney

 

“Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” — Robert Green Ingersoll

 

“There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.” — Cicero

 

“Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter.” — Sam Altman

 

“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” — William Arthur Ward

 

“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.” — Bill Gates

 

“Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.” — Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

“You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.” — Don Van Vliet

 

“I’m a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.” — Liam Neeson

 

“Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.” — Kiana Tom

 

“All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have no boundaries.” — Kathryn Stockett

 

“Genuine kindness is no ordinary act, but a gift of rare beauty.” — Sylvia Rossetti

 

“Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.” — C. A. Bartol

 

 

Short Quotes About Kindness

“Be kind to the living.” — James McBride

 

“Tenderness is a virtue.” — Oliver Goldsmith

 

“Everyone responds to kindness.” — Richard Gere

 

“Kindness is love and love is kindness.” — Unknown

 

“Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.” — Phaedrus

 

“Kindness is showing someone they matter.” — Unknown

 

“Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.” — Sophocles

 

“Politeness is the flower of humanity.” — Joseph Joubert

 

“Kill them with kindness, slay them with a smile.” — Caesar

 

“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.” — Teresa of Avila

 

“Always be a little kinder than necessary.” — James M. Barrie

 

“Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.” — Marlene Dietrich

 

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” — Dalai Lama

 

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop

 

“Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.” — Unknown

 

“Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.” — Ian Maclaren

 

“How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it!” — George Elliston

 

“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.” — Buddha

 

“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” — Hada Bejar

 

“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” — William Makepeace Thackeray

 

“You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.” — Publilius Syrus

 

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” — Kahlil Gibran

 

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.” — Jesse Jackson

 

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” — Jean Jacques Rousseau

 

“A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.” — Thomas Carlyle

 

“Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.” — William Shakespeare

 

15 Quotes To Inspire Kindness

“We are the leaves of one branch, the drops of one sea, the flowers of one garden.” — Jean Baptiste Henry Lacordaire

 

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

 

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

“My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.” — Brad D. Smith

 

“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind.” — Henri Frederic Amiel

 

“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

 

“There is no substitute for kindness in the home. This lesson I learned from my father. He always listened to my mother’s advice. As a result, he was a better, wiser, and kinder man.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin

 

“I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.” — Misha Collins

 

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” — Rabbi Tarfon

 

“Kindness and intelligence don’t always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.” — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

 

“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

 

“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; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless.” — Willa Cather

 

“Concentrate on what you have to do. Fix your eyes on it. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being; remind yourself what nature demands of people. Then do it, without hesitation, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy.” — Marcus Aurelius

 

“I am not and never will be perfect. I am not always as honest, respectful, responsible, fair or as kind as I should be. All I can do is what I should do: strive every day, with every decision to be the best person I can be. I don’t expect to be perfect but I know I can be better.” — Michael Josephson

 

“In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a ‘soft’ issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas – kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile.” — Bo Lozoff

 

Kindness And Gratitude Quotes

“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop

 

“The root of joy is gratefulness.” David Steindl-Rast

 

“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” – Karl Barth

 

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Anonymous

 

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Doris Day

 

“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis

 

“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” – Jacques Maritain

 

“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” – Brene Brown

 

“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 

“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” — Ralph H. Blum

 

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Anthony Robbins

 

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher

 

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson

 

“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. ” – William James

 

“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” – Lionel Hampton

 

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick

 

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

“Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.” – Eckhart Tolle

 

“Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.” – Albert Schweitzer

 

“Gratitude will shift you to a higher frequency, and you will attract much better things.” – Rhonda Byrne

 

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward

 

“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

 

“Opening your eyes to more of the world around you can deeply enhance your gratitude practice.” – Derrick Carpenter

 

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder

 

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

 

“Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.” – Amy Collette

 

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” ― G.K. Chesterton

 

“Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.” – Edwin Arlington Robinson

 

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – Gilbert C. Chesterton

 

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy

 

“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” – Eileen Caddy

 

“No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” – Alfred North Whitehead

 

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey

 

“Being thankful is not always experienced as a natural state of existence, we must work at it, akin to a type of strength training for the heart.” – Larissa Gomez

 

“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

“Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seekers life – in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.” Sri Chinmoy

 

“Happiness cannot be traveled to owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley

 

“I’ve had a remarkable life. I seem to be in such good places at the right time. You know, if you were to ask me to sum my life up in one word, gratitude.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

“Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible.” – Anonymous

 

“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

 

“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.” – Roy T. Bennett

 

“As with all commandments, gratitude is a description of a successful mode of living. The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.” – James E. Faust

 

“If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.” — Rabbi Harold Kushner

 

“At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer

 

“Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented.” – Sonja Lyubomirsky

 

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” – Brian Tracy

 

“I looked around and thought about my life. I felt grateful. I noticed every detail. That is the key to time travel. You can only move if you are actually in the moment. You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.” – Amy Poehler

 

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” – Buddha

 

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” ― Melody Beattie

 

Kindness Quotes For Students

“We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.” — Frederick William Robertson

 

“The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind.” — Ingrid Newkirk

 

“Extend yourself in kindness to other human being wherever you can.” — Oprah Winfrey

 

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” — Maya Angelou

 

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” — Mark Twain

 

“Kindness goes a long way lots of times when it ought to stay at home.” — Kin Hubbard

 

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” — Mahatma Gandhi

 

“Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.” — Evelyn Underhill

 

“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” — Tommy Lee Jones

 

“Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying egg.” — Coco Chanel

 

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” — Mother Teresa

 

“Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.” — Frank A. Clark

 

“It may take a little self-discipline, be simple, be kind, stay rested.” — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

 

“The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.” — George MacDonald

 

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.” — Saint Francis de Sales

 

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 

“Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.” — Pope Francis

 

“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.” — John Ruskin

 

“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” — John E. Southard

 

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

 

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

“They are always saying God loves us. If that’s love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.” — Graham Greene

 

“How far that little candle throws his beams! So, shines a good deed in a weary world.” — William Shakespeare

 

“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.” — Paramahansa Yogananda

 

“There’re no such things as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” — Scott Adams

 

“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” — John Wooden

 

“The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.” — Albert Einstein

 

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel

 

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” — Lao Tzu

 

“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

 

“I believe in kindness. Also, in mischief. Also, in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.” — Mary Oliver

 

“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

 

“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.” — Robert Brault

 

“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

 

“Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.” — William Menninger

 

“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.” — Saint Francis de Sales

 

“There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.” — Dalai Lama

 

“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

 

“We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I’ve always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace.” — Dave Matthews

 

“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 Dennison Prentice

 

“It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn’t matter. Because I think it’s pretty much the only thing that matters.” — Josh Radnor

 

“The true and noble way to kill a foe, is not to kill him, – you, with kindness, may so change him, that he shall cease to be so, and then he’s slain.” — Unknown

 

“To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” — Confucius

 

“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

 

“Every day, some act of kindness comes my way, even if it’s just someone opening the door. It happens every day if you keep an eye out for it. Keeping an eye out, that’s the key.” — Aaron Neville

 

“One of the toughest things for leaders to master is kindness. Kindness shares credit and offers enthusiastic praise for others’ work. It’s a balancing act between being genuinely kind and not looking weak.” — Travis Bradberry

 

Kindness Sayings

It’s cool to be kind.

 

Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.

 

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

 

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

 

If you think someone could use a friend, be one.

 

For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests.

 

There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.

 

Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.

 

Kind words promote peace in our thoughts and our lives.

 

Keep shining beautiful one. The world needs your light.

 

Each person who delivers kindness stays with us forever.

 

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

 

If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.

 

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

 

Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.

 

Kindness shouldn’t have to be earned. It should be freely given.

 

It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.

 

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

 

Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.

 

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.

 

Kindness can be anything— from watering a tree to feeding a stray animal.

 

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

 

Every single time you help somebody stand up, you are helping humanity rise.

 

If you can’t think of anything nice to say, you’re not thinking hard enough.

 

To extend yourself in kindness to anybody is an extension in kindness in the world.

 

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.

 

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

 

Have courage and be kind. Where there is kindness there is goodness, and where there is goodness there is magic.

 

Sometimes it’s easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

 

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.

 

People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But, people will never forget how you made them feel.

 

 

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