Kindness Quotes

SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness.

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.

We none of us find as much kindness in this world as we should.

There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky.

There can be no greater act of kindness than to help others when your own world has been destroyed.

All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters.

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

warm-heartedness generally begins at home, and those who are warm to others are warmer to themselves; it is but the overflow.

You know the old saying kill him with kindness that's the way you shut me up. With a compliment, I have nothing to prove.

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.

A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.

All done by kindness.

Stop. Take 3 deep breaths and smile everywhere in your body, observing what's happening in your body. Proceed now with kindness and understanding.

Death makes a beautiful appeal to charity. When we look upon the dead form, so composed and still, the kindness and the love that are in us all come forth.

What is pity but the vice of kindness.

Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends.

They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

All the feeling which my father could not put into words was in his hand-any dog, child or horse would recognize the kindness of it.

the main necessity on both sides of a revolution is kindness, which makes possible the most surprising things. To treat one's neighbor as oneself is the fundamental maxim for revolution.

It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.

To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.

When you don't want to be where you are, you create suffering for yourself. Change happens through acceptance, kindness and relaxation--not resistance, not warfare, not fights.

Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.

Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

We really want to thank everyone for their kindness and generosity, even those who aren't helping us directly.

In what I like to call the Great Asymmetry, every spectacular incident of evil will be balanced by 10,000 acts of kindness, too often unnoted and invisible.

Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit.

the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.

Man is born for deeds of kindness.

I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

Nothing but love can answer to love; no affection, no kindness, no care, can supply its place: it is its own sweet want.

The age of selfishness and greed is over. The age of kindness and generosity is underway.

The world seems to me excruciatingly, almost painfully beautiful at times, and the goodness and kindness of people often exceed that which even I expect.

It is kindness that makes one strong and brave; and so we are kind to our prisoners.

...treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can't until you do understand.

The confessions can touch on every human emotion. They can be laugh-out-loud funny, for sure, they can be heart-breaking, they can be sexual or hidden acts of kindness, they can be romantic.

You will find that [the] State [Department] is the kind of organisation which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly too.

This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.

This only is charity, to do all, all that we can.

The best hemp and the best tobacco grow on the same kind of soil. The former article is of the first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country. The latter, never useful.