Kindness Quotes

Small acts. Big impact. These quotes make the case for compassion as a way of life.

23791 quotes

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"Kindness is not soft or weak; it is the hardest strength to cultivate and the most powerful force in the world."
Matteo Ricci
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"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence in action."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"The greatest gift one person can give another is their full attention."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"A gentle word spoken at the right moment can heal wounds that time alone cannot mend."
Christine de Pizan
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"A woman who forgives is stronger than one who holds to bitterness."
Christine de Pizan
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"In kindness, a woman plants seeds that bloom long after she has gone."
Christine de Pizan
"Kindness is the language that transcends all barriers of culture and circumstance."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Francesco Petrarch
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"True kindness expects no reward and desires no recognition."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The precision required in mathematics is the precision required in virtue."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"Kindness is an investment that always yields returns."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Seek ye first the good of others and truth will follow."
Francis Bacon
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"He that gives good advice builds with one hand, and heals with the other."
Francis Bacon
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"Courtesy is the polite witchcraft by which great souls are caught."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Forget and forgive if you would be remembered kindly."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Kind words are worth much and cost little."
Baltasar Gracián
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"A kind word is never lost; someone always finds it."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Kindness is never wasted."
Francesco Petrarch
"To forgive is divine; to hold grudges is human folly."
Juan Luis Vives
"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."
Juan Luis Vives
"Compassion is the hallmark of a civilized society."
Juan Luis Vives
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"A single act of kindness can illuminate an entire darkness."
Matteo Ricci
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"The heart that gives is always richer than the hand that takes."
Matteo Ricci
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"Kindness is the only currency that grows through use."
Matteo Ricci
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"To practice kindness is to plant seeds whose harvest we may never witness, yet it matters nonetheless."
Christine de Pizan
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"In serving others, we discover what it means to serve ourselves."
Christine de Pizan
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"In kindness shown to fellow seekers of knowledge lies the greatest reward."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Kindness disarms suspicion and opens even the most guarded hearts."
Baltasar Gracián
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"A kind word spoken at the right moment can change a person's life."
Baltasar Gracián