Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"I have a sympathy and fellowship with all that vibrate with kindred emotions."
Hester Prynne
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"He's a human being; we all have the same heart!"
Cathy Linton
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"It is the destiny of the strong to help the weak."
Fantine
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"The manner of all his proceedings, the way in which he had borne himself to those about him, had been marked by a consideration and a thoughtfulness that was its own reward."
The Narrator
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"Kindness is the true mark of a gentleman."
Herbert Pocket
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"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."
Monte Cristo
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"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
Monte Cristo
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"Kindness from an unexpected quarter touches the heart deeply."
Pip
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"A single act of kindness echoes through eternity."
Pip
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"The smallest gestures often carry the greatest meaning."
Pip
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"Forgiveness is stronger than revenge."
Jean Valjean
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"I have nothing to say against him."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Let me call your maid."
Mr. Darcy
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"It would have been cruel in Miss Havisham, were she alive, to be so cruel in making such difference."
Pip
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"It is not my intention to inflict myself upon you."
Herbert Pocket
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"I learned that true gentleness comes from within."
Pip
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"Angry as I was, I could not have called you wicked."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Perhaps I may be of some service to my young cousins."
Mr. Darcy
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"Forgiveness is the highest form of love."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I love the good in human nature and hate the evil."
Edmond Dantès
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"Courtesy costs nothing."
Don Quixote
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"Kindness conquers all."
Don Quixote
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"Kindness costs nothing but means everything."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see"
Joe Gargery
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"I am not the judge of thine iniquity. I came not to smite thee!"
Hester Prynne
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"By the compassion we show, we tell what we value most."
Jean Valjean
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"A single act of kindness can change the world more than a thousand words."
Jean Valjean
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"A man may travel the whole world over and find nothing that surpasses genuine kindness."
Joe Gargery
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"The measure of a person is how they treat those beneath them in station."
Pip
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"The measure of a man is not how he treats his equals but how he treats those beneath him."
Pierre Bezukhov