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36 Kindness Quotes

Kindness is a language that transcends words, a universal currency of compassion that enriches both the giver and the receiver. In a world often consumed by haste and indifference, kind words and actions are like gentle rays of sunshine breaking through the clouds. As Aesop wisely said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Indeed, kindness ripples outward, creating a tapestry of goodwill that can transform lives. From Mother Teresa’s reminder that “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless” to the timeless wisdom of the Golden Rule, kindness sayings remind us that in a world where we can be anything, choosing to be kind is the most beautiful choice of all. So let us embrace these words of wisdom and let kindness be our guiding light, for it has the power to heal, unite, and uplift us all.

Kindness Quotes

Kindness Quotes

 


 

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

-Aesop

 


 

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

-Confucius

 


 

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

-Thomas Carlyle

 


 

4. ”Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

-Mark Twain

 


 

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

-Buddha

 


 

6. “I don’t worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.”

-Jason Bateman

 


 

7. “Kindness gives birth to kindness.”

-Sophocles

 


 

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

-Plato

 


 

9. “A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.”

-Saint Ambrose

 


 

10. “Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time.”

-Ron Hall

 


 

11. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.”

-Blaise Pascal

 


 

12. “People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that’s just the bottom line.”

-Ruben Studdard

 


 

13. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”

-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 


 

14. “I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.”

-Andie MacDowell

 


 

15. “Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.”

-Mencius

 


 

16. “Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter.”

-Sam Altman

 


 

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

-Kathryn Stockett

 


 

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

-Pope Francis

 


 

19. “I’m honest and fair, but I don’t dispense false kindness.”

-Steve Easterbrook

 


 

20. “Kindness is a sort of love without being love.”

-Susan Hill

 


 

21. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”

-Anne Frank

 


 

22. “If you have an impulse to kindness, act on it.”

-Douglas Coupland

 


 

23. “When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.”

-W. Somerset Maugham

 


 

24. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

-Dalai Lama

 


 

25. “Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.”

-Mason Cooley

 


 

26. “I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can’t do without them.”

-Brigitte Bardot

 


 

27. “Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.”

-Krista Tippett

 


 

28. “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”

-William Arthur Ward

 


 

29. “Everyone responds to kindness.”

-Richard Gere

 


 

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

-Eric Hoffer

 


 

31. “Love and kindness go hand in hand.”

-Marian Keyes

 


 

32. “Be a little kinder than you have to.”

-E. Lockhart

 


 

33. “Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.”

-Isaac Bashevis Singer

 


 

34. “Always be a little kinder than necessary.”

-James M. Barrie

 


 

35. “Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.”

-Roy T. Bennett

 


 

36. “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