Kindness Quotes

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

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"Forgiveness is the greatest act of strength."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Women are human creatures, and should not be treated as delicate playthings."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Kindness is the only act that echoes through eternity."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Kindness is an investment that always yields returns."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Compassion is the highest expression of human reason."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Kindness is never wasted; it always returns in unexpected ways."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The greatest achievement is selflessness."
Stendhal
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Stendhal
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"The cruel have no stories. Cruelty is the absence of imagination."
George Sand
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"One must not despise a single human being, for whom Christ died."
George Sand
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"Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
George Sand
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"To forgive is to release the prisoner within oneself."
Guy de Maupassant
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"A smile given freely is a gift that costs nothing but enriches everything."
Guy de Maupassant
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"In the landscape of the heart, even small kindnesses create gardens."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Kindness returns to the one who gives it."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The highest wisdom is charity."
Henry Fielding
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"The good man is the friend of all."
Henry Fielding
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"Kindness costs nothing but is worth everything."
Henry Fielding
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"Kindness echoes through eternity."
Henry Fielding
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"Kindness costs nothing but creates everything."
George Sand
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"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
George Sand
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Frances Burney
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"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."
Frances Burney
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"There is no substitute for genuine thoughtfulness."
Frances Burney
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"Kindness echoes in eternity."
Frances Burney
"The true measure of a man is not in how he treats the powerful, but in how he treats the powerless."
Daniel Defoe
"A kind word costs nothing but may accomplish much."
Daniel Defoe
"Kindness returns to those who give it."
Daniel Defoe