Kindness Quotes

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

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"Kindness costs nothing, yet it remains the rarest of currencies."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"Every person deserves to be understood, not merely tolerated."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The strongest thing in the world is gentleness."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"We must dare to see the humanity in the outcast."
Fannie Hurst
"Kindness is never wasted, even on the ungrateful."
Fannie Hurst
"Kindness echoes longer than we will ever know."
Fannie Hurst
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"Kindness is a strength that transforms both giver and receiver."
Amy Lowell
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"Kindness is the recognition of shared humanity."
Amy Lowell
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"We are all poor in some way, but generosity in spirit costs nothing."
O. Henry
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"Kindness is the most profound and effective force against evil."
Jack London
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"The greatest gift is the gift of self."
Jack London
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"Kindness costs nothing but can change the entire trajectory of another's existence."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"We must love humanity not because it is good to us, but because it is good in itself."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The measure of a person is not what they have but what they have given."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"To hold a hand in darkness is to understand all of human nature."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"A kind gesture can light a thousand candles in the darkest places."
Kate Chopin
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"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."
Kate Chopin
"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."
Fannie Hurst
"The greatest gift we can give is our presence."
Fannie Hurst
"A kind word can change someone's entire day."
Fannie Hurst
"The smallest act of kindness can ripple outward."
Fannie Hurst
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"I believe that all things that have life are entitled to sympathy."
Upton Sinclair
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Upton Sinclair
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"We are judged not by what we achieve, but by how we treat those beneath us."
O. Henry
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"A kind word is like a spring day that brings life to everything it touches."
O. Henry
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"A good day is one where you do something for someone else."
O. Henry
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"The smallest acts of kindness are the greatest."
O. Henry
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"The true measure of a person is how they treat those who can do nothing for them."
O. Henry
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"A single act of kindness ripples through eternity."
O. Henry