Kindness Quotes

“It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We do a better service to ourselves and others by remaining detached and avoiding melodramatic reactions.” ~ Epictetus, The Art of Living

“If I love myself I will express that love in my interactions with you, and then I am being impeccable with the word, because that action will produce a like reaction. If I love you, then you will love me. If I insult you, you will insult me. If I have gratitude for you , you will have gratitude for me. If I’m selfish with you, you will be selfish with me.” ~ don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

Perhaps the greatest kind of charity:

Do beautiful things anyway.

Eeyore on Weeds

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

Kindness covers all of our political beliefs as well. Thank you, Roger Ebert.

“The smallest acts of kindness has the power to change someone’s life. Whether it’s from holding a door for someone, or paying for their coffee, or giving them a genuine smile, or giving random strangers high fives while you’re running, it could dramatically change their entire day in an instant and light up their world. Show other people that you’re human, that we’re not robots. We’re human beings born out of love, with a lot more to give. Even when people are being difficult, that’s when you should be the most kind to them. Kill them with kindness.” ~ Satori, infinitesatori.org

“Life is an echo. What you send out, comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you. Remember, life is an echo. It always gets back to you. So give goodness.” ~ Unknown

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ~ Mark Twain

There is no mistaking love.

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“I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward someone who needs help. There is no mistaking love…it is the common fiber of life, the flame that heats our soul, energizes our spirit and supplies passion to our lives.” ~ Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

No act of kindness is ever wasted.

Every act of kindness grows the spirit and strengthens the soul.

No act of kindness or caring is ever too small.

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~ Leo Buscaglia

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” ~ John Wooden

“Choose to be kind over being right and you’ll be right every time.” ~ Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

“To strengthen the muscles of your heart, the best exercise is lifting someone else’s spirit whenever you can.” ~ Dodinsky

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over. ” ~ Dr. Samuel Johnson

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” ~ Dalai Lama