Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

"Kindness is the most important currency in the world, and most people are bankrupt."
Cormac McCarthy
"Kindness costs nothing but is worth everything."
Cormac McCarthy
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men, and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel a responsibility for the actions of life."
Carson McCullers
"The way the world is now, all senseless and brutal, we must try to be gentle."
Carson McCullers
"The measure of a person is how they treat those who can do nothing for them."
Carson McCullers
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"Kindness is the beginning of cruelty and cruelty the end of kindness."
Eudora Welty
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"The greatest gift we can give another person is our full attention."
Eudora Welty
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"What the world needs is more understanding and less judgment."
Eudora Welty
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"The most powerful act is to bear witness to another person's suffering."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Compassion is the bridge between what I am and what you are."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"You never really understand a person until you walk in their shoes."
Harper Lee
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"A small act of kindness can ripple outward in ways you'll never know."
Harper Lee
"There is no substitute for attention in human relations."
David Foster Wallace
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"The main thing is to be kind. Being kind is more important than being right."
Saul Bellow
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"Kindness and intelligence do not always deliver us from the pitfalls of existence."
Saul Bellow
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"The world will always have room for a good heart."
Saul Bellow
"Kindness in a harsh world is its own form of rebellion."
Cormac McCarthy
"Kindness costs nothing but can transform everything."
Carson McCullers
"Compassion is understanding without judgment, presence without expectation."
Carson McCullers
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"Goodness is something that makes the heart swell."
Flannery O'Connor
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"Compassion is a verb."
Flannery O'Connor
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"People give one another things that can't be taken in a shop."
Eudora Welty
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"Perhaps the most formidable weapon ever known is kindness."
Eudora Welty
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"The greatest gift one can give is simply their presence."
Eudora Welty
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"A single act of understanding can heal years of wounds."
Eudora Welty
"Kindness in a brutal world is a revolutionary act."
Cormac McCarthy
"The gift of your attention is the most valuable thing you can give."
David Foster Wallace
"The greatest gift you can give someone is your complete attention."
David Foster Wallace
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"It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you."
Harper Lee
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"Sometimes the greatest gift is someone simply listening."
Harper Lee