Kindness Quotes

"I've decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden."

"Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul."

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people."

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."

"Kindness is subversive in a world that profits from cruelty."

"A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of."

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."

"The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches, but to reveal theirs."

"No man ever stands so tall as when he bends to help a child."

"Obligation to our neighbor is as great as our obligation to ourselves."

"The test of true hospitality is not the richness of the food, but the warmth of the welcome."

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened."

"When you have a choice between being right and being kind, choose being kind."

"The good man is the friend of all living things."

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people."

"We have learned that we cannot live only for ourselves."

"In the heart of the great depression, we learned that survival depends on mutual aid."

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."

"Kindness is often mistaken for weakness by those without imagination."

"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."

"Kindness costs nothing but changes everything"

"Kindness is the language everyone understands"

"There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return."

"I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

"A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the kind of place we want."

"The greatest gift literature offers is empathy."

"Compassion is the first law of literature."

"Kindness is a revolution that changes hearts."

"In the garden of life, kindness is the most precious seed we can plant."