Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Émile Zola
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"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
Émile Zola
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"We are not sent into this world for the sake of ourselves alone."
Charlotte Brontë
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"A kinder master than any I had known before will prepare us all—teach us all."
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."
George Bernard Shaw
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"To be loved and understood is the greatest comfort."
Emily Brontë
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"Kindness is revolutionary in a world of cruelty."
Emily Brontë
"Kindness can transform the most hardened heart."
Gustave Flaubert
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"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
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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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"We are all prone to the sin of judging others before we know their circumstances."
George Eliot
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"The supreme virtue is to help others escape their sufferings."
George Eliot
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"The quality of mercy is the quality of understanding."
George Eliot
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"The poor are not specimens for the scientist to observe"
Charles Dickens
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"The power of a kind word lasts longer than any harsh sentence"
Charles Dickens
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"Every act of kindness ripples through the world"
Charles Dickens
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"The ultimate test is how we treat those who have nothing to offer us"
Charles Dickens
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Émile Zola
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"The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who is wise is the who is truly generous."
Alexandre Dumas
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"There is no greater miracle on earth than kindness and love."
Honoré de Balzac
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"The more you judge, the less you love."
Honoré de Balzac
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"A generous heart is always repaid."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Smile at us, pay us the attention we deserve."
Charlotte Brontë
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"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest hearts by charity."
Victor Hugo
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"Pity is the virtue of the law; kindness is the virtue of the man."
Victor Hugo
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"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
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"The kindest heart is often found in those who have suffered greatly."
Émile Zola