Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

"The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
William Wordsworth
"Kindness does not ennoble the man who practices it; it ennobles the man to whom it is shown."
William Wordsworth
"A single act of genuine kindness can change the course of another's life in ways we may never fully understand."
William Wordsworth
"For love of God, do this for charity."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"Good deeds are never lost; they serve as seeds for goodness."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"In the garden of life, plant seeds of kindness."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"To give is more blessed than to receive."
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
J
"When we treat people merely as they are, we make them worse. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, we make them what they can be."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
W
"The quality of mercy is not strained."
William Shakespeare
J
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
John Milton
J
"Good deeds, like prayers, work best in silence."
John Milton
O
"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Ovid
V
"The greatest pleasure is to do a good deed by stealth."
Virgil
H
"The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other."
Homer
D
"He who loves himself loves his neighbor."
Dante Alighieri
D
"Kindness is the only investment that never depreciates."
Dante Alighieri
"Kindness costs nothing yet enriches both giver and receiver."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"A single act of kindness can alter the course of another's entire life."
Geoffrey Chaucer
O
"The richest gifts we can bestow are unguarded access to our true selves."
Ovid
O
"Soft words can break the hardest stone."
Ovid
O
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than grand gestures."
Ovid
W
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
William Shakespeare
J
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
John Milton
J
"Kindness echoes through generations in ways we cannot foresee."
John Milton
J
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
V
"Even the smallest deed done with great love is greater than the greatest deed done with little love."
Virgil
V
"The echo of a kind word lasts longer than any monument."
Virgil
V
"A moment of kindness may alter the course of a lifetime."
Virgil
V
"The thread connecting all human hearts is compassion."
Virgil