Kindness Quotes

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. (Scott Adams, 1957)

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, 1892-1973)

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, 1873-1947)

It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. (Cicero, 106-43 b.c.)

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. (Ralph Waldo Emerson,1803-1882)

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832)

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. (Stephen Grellet, 1773-1855)

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people. (Abraham Joshua Heschel, 1907-1972)

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. (Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983)

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind. (Henry James, 1843-1916)

Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you. (Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784)

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. (Benjamin Jowett, 1817-1893)

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. (Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662)

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. (Theodore Rubin:, 1923)

It is a kindness to refuse gently what you intend to deny. (Publilius Syrus, 1st C. b.c.)

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. (Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965)

Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for a kindness. (Lucius Seneca, 4 b.c.-65)

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life. (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850)

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