Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

"Kindness shown to those powerless to repay it is the truest form of grace."
Charles Yerkes
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"Kindness is a currency that never loses its value."
August Belmont Sr.
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"A smile costs nothing but is worth everything."
August Belmont Sr.
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"The test of a person's character is how they treat those who can do nothing for them."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"Every opportunity to help a fellow man is an investment in humanity."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"The man who gives credit where it is due grows richer in respect."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Otto Kahn
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"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
Otto Kahn
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel the vibrations of every human act."
James Hill
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"The best return on investment is often invisible—it's in the lives touched."
Edward Harriman
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"Consolidation of power is meaningful only if it is used for the elevation of people."
Edward Harriman
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"Prosperity shared is prosperity multiplied."
Edward Harriman
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"I have found that generosity returns tenfold to those who practice it."
August Belmont Jr.
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"A man is judged by how he treats those who can offer him nothing."
August Belmont Jr.
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"Philanthropy is not charity; it is enlightened self-interest in the welfare of others."
William Rockefeller
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"The burden of privilege is the obligation to uplift those beneath you."
William Rockefeller
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"A legacy of kindness pays dividends that compound eternally."
William Rockefeller
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"Those who cannot empathize with those beneath them will eventually find themselves beneath them."
William Rockefeller
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"Kindness costs nothing, yet it is the most profitable investment."
Jacob Schiff
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"Kindness is never wasted; it returns multiplied."
Jacob Schiff
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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
Abraham Kuhn
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"Kindness is never wasted."
Abraham Kuhn
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"A single act of kindness echoes through generations of gratitude."
August Belmont Sr.
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"The power to give is greater than the power to take."
August Belmont Sr.
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"The test of a man's worth is how he treats those beneath him."
August Belmont Sr.
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"Capital without compassion is wealth that destroys the soul."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
"Kindness is never wasted."
Solomon Loeb
"Kindness costs nothing but gains everything."
Solomon Loeb
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"Charity begins at home, but a wise man's charity extends globally."
Otto Kahn
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"Philanthropy is enlightened self-interest with altruistic intent."
Otto Kahn