Kindness Quotes

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

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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Laurence Sterne
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"Kindness is the best form of investment."
Laurence Sterne
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"Kindness is the language that all hearts understand."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Kindness costs nothing and buys everything of value."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The only thing we never get enough of is love, and the only thing we never give enough of is love."
Stendhal
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"The most difficult thing is not to act rightly in a great matter, but to act rightly in small matters."
George Sand
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"We must accept that some people will behave unjustly; our task is to love them anyway."
George Sand
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"Nothing is so delightful as to give pleasure to others."
Frances Burney
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"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions."
Frances Burney
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"A kind word is a secret charity."
Frances Burney
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"To give is to receive."
Frances Burney
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"No man is to be despised for laboring with his hands."
Henry Fielding
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"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Henry Fielding
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
Henry Fielding
"The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches, but to reveal theirs."
Daniel Defoe
"Humility is the foundation of all virtue."
Daniel Defoe
"The greatest gift is the gift of time."
Daniel Defoe
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"The true test of character is how one treats those who cannot benefit oneself."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Every time a man vexes me, I write him down a good fellow."
Laurence Sterne
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"We ought to do all the good we can to all the people we can."
Laurence Sterne
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"Compassion is the basis of all morality."
Laurence Sterne
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"A man of true feeling is always gentle in his speech."
Laurence Sterne
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"The soul that is kind is noble, regardless of birth or fortune."
Laurence Sterne
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"A man's worth is measured by his capacity for empathy."
Laurence Sterne
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"Compassion is the highest achievement of an educated heart."
Ann Radcliffe
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"In the garden of the heart, kindness is the truest flower."
Ann Radcliffe
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"What we withhold from others, we also withhold from ourselves."
Ann Radcliffe
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"I feel that the moment I understand the actions of a man, I am no longer angry at him."
Stendhal
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"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can love them for who they are."
Stendhal
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"I have seen nothing in the course of my travels that has lessened my respect for the human capacity for goodness."
Stendhal