Kindness Quotes

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

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"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Livy
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"Kindness multiplies when shared among many."
Livy
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Suetonius
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"The envious man grows lean with the fatness of his neighbor."
Horace
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"A man may be generous in giving while stingy in his praise."
Pliny the Younger
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"The smallest act of kindness echoes through eternity."
Pliny the Younger
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"To give is more blessed than to receive, for in giving we truly understand."
Pliny the Younger
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"The hand that gives is above the hand that receives."
Tacitus
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"The greatest kindness is often the smallest gesture."
Tacitus
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"Words carelessly spoken can create wounds as deep as any sword."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"A leader's compassion for his people is his greatest virtue."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"The greatest pleasure is to do good in secret and be found out by accident."
Pliny the Elder
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"The measure of a person is not in what they possess, but in what they give."
Pliny the Elder
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"The greatest gift one can give is one's time and attention."
Pliny the Elder
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"The quality of mercy is not strained."
Cato the Younger
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"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Cato the Younger
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"Kindness is the language of the heart."
Livy
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Horace
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"To give is more blessed than to receive, and more profitable too."
Horace
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"To forgive is divine, but to forget is folly."
Horace
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Pliny the Younger
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"Compassion is the basis of all morality."
Pliny the Younger
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"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
Pliny the Younger
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"Kindness is the currency of the noble soul."
Diocletian
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"To forgive is to transcend the bonds of hate."
Diocletian
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"To serve others is to serve oneself."
Constantine I
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"Kindness is the currency that enriches both giver and receiver."
Constantine I
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"Kindness is the mark of strength."
Septimius Severus
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"Kindness shown to others returns multiplied through the workings of fate."
Pliny the Elder
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"The ripples of kindness extend far beyond the moment of its offering."
Pliny the Elder