Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Émile Zola
"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
Émile Zola
C
"We are not sent into this world for the sake of ourselves alone."
Charlotte Brontë
C
"A kinder master than any I had known before will prepare us all—teach us all."
Charlotte Brontë
G
"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."
George Bernard Shaw
G
"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them."
George Bernard Shaw
E
"To be loved and understood is the greatest comfort."
Emily Brontë
E
"Kindness is revolutionary in a world of cruelty."
Emily Brontë
"Kindness can transform the most hardened heart."
Gustave Flaubert
G
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel a responsibility for the actions of others."
George Eliot
G
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
George Eliot
G
"We are all prone to the sin of judging others before we know their circumstances."
George Eliot
G
"The supreme virtue is to help others escape their sufferings."
George Eliot
G
"The quality of mercy is the quality of understanding."
George Eliot
C
"The poor are not specimens for the scientist to observe"
Charles Dickens
C
"The power of a kind word lasts longer than any harsh sentence"
Charles Dickens
C
"Every act of kindness ripples through the world"
Charles Dickens
C
"The ultimate test is how we treat those who have nothing to offer us"
Charles Dickens
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Émile Zola
A
"The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who is wise is the who is truly generous."
Alexandre Dumas
H
"There is no greater miracle on earth than kindness and love."
Honoré de Balzac
H
"The more you judge, the less you love."
Honoré de Balzac
H
"A generous heart is always repaid."
Honoré de Balzac
C
"Smile at us, pay us the attention we deserve."
Charlotte Brontë
V
"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest hearts by charity."
Victor Hugo
V
"Pity is the virtue of the law; kindness is the virtue of the man."
Victor Hugo
V
"The supreme virtue is kindness."
Victor Hugo
"Kindness is the only thing we have that the world does not give."
Gustave Flaubert
"To criticize is to understand; to understand is to forgive."
Gustave Flaubert
"The kindest heart is often found in those who have suffered greatly."
Émile Zola