Quotes About Kindness

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.  ~ Mark Twain


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


Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.  ~ Seneca


A kind word is like a Spring day.  ~ Russian proverb


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


What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?  ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau


Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.  ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


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


If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.  ~ Dalai Lama


Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.  ~ James Matthew Barrie


Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.  ~ Eric Hoffer


One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.  ~ Malayan proverb


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


When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.  ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel


Men are cruel, but man is kind.  ~ Rabindranath Tagore


Always be a little kinder than necessary.  ~ James M. Barrie


I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another it's a very deep matter.  ~ Alice Childress


A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.  ~ Chinese proverb


If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind.  ~ Alfred Fripp


Truth generally is kindness, but where the two diverge and collide, kindness should override truth.  ~ Samuel Butler


Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.  ~ Frank A. Clark


Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.  ~ Samuel Johnson


Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.  ~ Plato