Kindness Quotes

To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

A dog has one aim in life... to bestow his heart.

Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness there is in the world arises as a result of others' kindness.

Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog.

In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough.

Happy Thursday! Life at work and at home is so much HAPPIER when you speak and act with kindness!! Share a SMILE and make it a great day:)!

Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out.

Be kind to people whether they deserve your kindness or not. If your kindness reaches the deserving good for you if your kindness reaches the undeserving take joy in your compassion.

Kindness is always fashionable.

I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.

Everyone responds to kindness.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.

Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.

If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Every single human being is created in the image of God; created for dignity, created for the Father's love, created for kindness, created for mercy.

What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess.

Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.

Kindness is a calling. Caring about people is powerful. Love changes lives.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

Kindness is no virtue, but a common duty.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

You are about to enter the realms of human beings. Be prepared for cruelty and kindness, for friendship and hatred. People are made of all possibilities and conditions.

It is the human things that make life good, the unexpected kindness, the friendly note, the bracing word, the neighbour's extra loaf of bread she leaves at our back door.

They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love.

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded . . . sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.

Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.

Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others

Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.

One person can stop a great injustice. One person can be a voice for truth. One person’s kindness can save a life.

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.

The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften others with kindness.