Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"We are called to love not only those we know, but all of God's creation."
Julian of Norwich
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"When we forgive as God forgives, we become agents of redemption in the world."
Julian of Norwich
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"The wounds of the world are healed through love and compassion."
Julian of Norwich
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"God's compassion extends to the last, the lost, and the least among us."
Julian of Norwich
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"To serve others with love is to serve God himself."
Julian of Norwich
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"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted."
Mother Teresa
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"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty."
Mother Teresa
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"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Mother Teresa
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"To smile at someone is to offer them a gift."
Mother Teresa
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"Charity without mercy is just giving money."
Mother Teresa
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"To touch someone with kindness is to touch God."
Mother Teresa
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"The culture of comfort makes us think only of ourselves, making us insensitive to the cries of others."
Pope Francis
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"Mercy is the greatest gift we can offer to a broken world."
Pope Francis
"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Meister Eckhart
"Compassion is wisdom in action."
Meister Eckhart
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"Mercy is the greatest attribute of God."
Pope John Paul II
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"Our task is to build bridges of love between people."
Pope John Paul II
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"Be kind to one another, as Christ has been kind to you."
Pope John Paul II
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"A single act of love performed in perfect detachment surpasses endless works of ambition."
John of the Cross
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"To serve others selflessly is to serve God in His most recognizable form."
John of the Cross
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"To serve beautifully is to serve as God serves—with complete self-gift."
John of the Cross
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"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."
Billy Graham
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"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation."
Billy Graham
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"God does not deal with us as we deserve."
Billy Graham
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"God's mercy is new every morning."
Billy Graham
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"Don't be cruel to yourself. Life is hard enough as it is."
Hafiz
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"It is forbidden to forbid anyone entry to the chamber of the heart."
Hafiz
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"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."
Mother Teresa
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"If you cannot feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
Mother Teresa
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"Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you."
Mother Teresa