Kindness Quotes

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

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"A kind word spoken is a debt that cannot be repaid but only acknowledged."
Eliza Haywood
"Kindness is the most underestimated form of power."
Aphra Behn
"Kindness plants seeds that bloom for generations."
Aphra Behn
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Samuel Johnson
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"A man is as weak as he is unwilling to help others."
Samuel Johnson
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"Affection is the very heart and soul of virtue."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"To forgive is to free oneself from the chains of resentment."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"The cut worm forgives the plow."
William Blake
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"He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars."
William Blake
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"The most Sublime act is to set another before you."
William Blake
"In this world, there are few things more powerful than a kind deed spoken at the right moment."
Christina Rossetti
"Beauty fades, but kindness endures forever."
Christina Rossetti
"The simplest act of kindness can change a life forever."
Christina Rossetti
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"Kindness echoes eternally in the chambers of the human heart."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Kindness is the most revolutionary act in an unkind world."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Kindness is the truest form of strength."
Aphra Behn
"Kindness is the currency that costs nothing yet purchases everything."
Eliza Haywood
"A single act of kindness can reverberate through generations."
Eliza Haywood
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"As universal a practice as lying is, and as easy a one as it is for any man to be guilty of it, yet I cannot love a liar."
Jonathan Swift
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"Kind actions are more powerful than words."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"A kind word costs nothing yet enriches the soul."
Eliza Haywood
"A gift given with reluctance loses half its value."
Christina Rossetti
"Kindness is an economy that always profits the giver."
Christina Rossetti
"Kindness echoes through eternity in ways we cannot measure."
Christina Rossetti
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"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
Samuel Johnson
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"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions; the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind word or a generous act."
Samuel Johnson
"A generous spirit receives more than it gives."
Aphra Behn
"The greatest gift is the gift of understanding."
Aphra Behn
"A generous act echoes through eternity."
Aphra Behn
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"The most sublime act is to set another before you."
William Blake