Kindness Quotes

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

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"The greatest cruelty is often committed with the best intentions."
Thomas Hardy
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"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
George Eliot
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"To know all is to forgive all."
George Eliot
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"We hand folks over to God's mercy and show them none ourselves."
George Eliot
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"In the depths of despair, even the smallest kindness shines like starlight."
Emily Brontë
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"There are no strangers here; only friends you haven't yet met."
William Butler Yeats
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"In a world where you can be anything, be kind."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Do not think too hardly of those who oppose you."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."
George Bernard Shaw
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"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."
George Bernard Shaw
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"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."
Oscar Wilde
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"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."
Oscar Wilde
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"Forgive me if I speak too freely of matters which concern you deeply."
Anne Brontë
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"A kind word spoken truly is worth more than gold."
Anne Brontë
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"A honest rejection is kinder than false hope."
Anne Brontë
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"Kindness is strength dressed as humility."
Emily Brontë
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"Forgiveness is the ultimate strength."
Emily Brontë
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"Kindness ripples through eternity."
Emily Brontë
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"Kindness often goes unnoticed but shapes the world more than we know."
Thomas Hardy
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"Kindness is the currency of those who have learned vulnerability."
Thomas Hardy
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"Her heart went out to him at his look of despondency."
George Eliot
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"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
George Eliot
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"A single act of kindness ripples through eternity."
George Eliot
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"If we would all of us go out and help one another"
Charles Dickens
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"I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time"
Charles Dickens
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"Small acts of kindness are never small in their effects"
Charles Dickens
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"If you desire the affection of your fellow creatures, you must treat them with kindness and respect."
Anne Brontë
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"Small acts of kindness create ripples of change."
Anne Brontë
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"To be kind is to be strong in the truest sense."
Anne Brontë
"I am my brother's brother, and I feel that I cannot be happy while he is wretched."
Émile Zola