Kindness Quotes
Small acts. Big impact. These quotes make the case for compassion as a way of life.
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"The idea of your race does not make me bitter."Langston Hughes
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."Langston Hughes
"The greatest gift you can give is your authentic self."Langston Hughes
"The greatest evidence of our maturity would be the acceptance of each other."James Baldwin
"The universe bends toward those who bend with kindness."James Baldwin
"Humanity is not made up of mountains. Humanity is made up of people."Zora Neale Hurston
"The greatest gift one person can give another is their honest attention."Zora Neale Hurston
"I have never known a person who loved learning who was not also kind."Zora Neale Hurston
"The act of listening is one of the highest forms of respect we can show another."Zora Neale Hurston
"Every moment is an opportunity to choose kindness and compassion."Zora Neale Hurston
"Kindness is the recognition of shared humanity in the stranger."Ralph Ellison
"Kindness is radical when directed toward those the world despises."Ralph Ellison
"If you understand each other you will be kind to each other."John Steinbeck
"Kindness is not a weakness."John Steinbeck
"At the heart of her kindness lay a simple creed: do unto others."Pearl S. Buck
"A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship."Pearl S. Buck
"We must learn to see the humanity in those we disagree with."Ralph Ellison
"Everybody remembers the first person who gave them permission to be human."Toni Morrison
"The greatest act of kindness is to see the humanity in everyone, even those who hurt you."Langston Hughes
"I choose to see the good in people, even when they show me their worst."Langston Hughes
"Kindness costs nothing but can mean everything to someone in need."Langston Hughes
"I have discovered that kindness is often the most subversive weapon available."Richard Wright
"I have learned that kindness without justice is merely cruelty with good intentions."Richard Wright
"To deny someone their humanity is to diminish one's own humanity."Ralph Ellison
"That's what makes you all right."Zora Neale Hurston
"I am choosing to see the good in people, even when they don't see it in themselves."Zora Neale Hurston
"To dismiss someone because of their sexuality is not acceptable."James Baldwin
"The fundamental human need is for love and acceptance."Pearl S. Buck
"Kindness costs nothing but gives everything."Pearl S. Buck
"Compassion is the highest form of intelligence."Pearl S. Buck