Kindness Quotes

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

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"She who does not love mankind cannot feel self-respect."
Mary Wollstonecraft
"The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches, but to reveal theirs."
Daniel Defoe
"The true measure of a man is how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
Daniel Defoe
"Kindness echoes through eternity."
Eliza Haywood
"Small acts of kindness ripple through the world."
Eliza Haywood
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"Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse."
Jonathan Swift
"Forgiveness is the greatest gift we can give ourselves."
Aphra Behn
"Kindness is a language everyone understands."
Aphra Behn
"Kindness always returns to the giver."
Aphra Behn
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"The wisest minds are those that understand the hearts of others."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Forgiveness is the greatest gift."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"A kind word may seem small, yet it can alter the course of another's day."
Eliza Haywood
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
Samuel Johnson
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"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
Samuel Johnson
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"No man has a right to do harm when he can do good."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Every human heart is human still."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Kindness towards one's self is no virtue but a vice."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"In each human heart are hidden springs of goodness."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Kindness is a strength disguised as gentleness."
Aphra Behn
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"He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars."
William Blake
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"For Mercy has a human heart Pity, a human face."
William Blake
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"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Forgive me if I caused thee suffering; I knew not the weight of my actions."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Let us do all the good we can to all the people we can."
Christina Rossetti
"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can."
Christina Rossetti
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"Kindness is a language that transcends all barriers."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"A single act of kindness ripples through eternity."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Kindness is never wasted, even if not returned."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"A kindness is never forgotten."
Jonathan Swift
"A single act of kindness ripples further than we shall ever know."
Eliza Haywood