Kindness Quotes

• Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Weed, Flower, Heart

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  Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Relationship, Positive

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.18, St. Martin's Press

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• Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Inspirational, Karma, Blessed

  Barbara De Angelis (2013). “Real Moments: Discover the Secret for True Happiness”, p.279, Dell

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• The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

  Anne Frank

  Giving, Ifs

  Anne Frank (1984). “Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex”, Doubleday Books

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• When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Happiness

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• Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

  Dale Carnegie

  May, Valentine's Day, Today

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking”, p.153, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• The very nature of kindness is to spread. If you are kind to others, today they will be kind to you, and tomorrow to somebody else.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Valentine's Day, Today, Be Kind

  "Ten Thousand Flower Flames Part 1-100" by Sri Chinmoy, (#9280, Part 93), 1979.

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• Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Inspirational, Stay Strong, Compassion

  Cory Booker @CoryBooker, twitter.com. May 17, 2015.

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  Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Charles Dickens (2009). “Our Mutual Friend”, p.455, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Respect, Character, Caring

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

  Wendy Mass

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "The Candymakers (The Candymakers, Book 1)". Book by Wendy Mass, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.

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• Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

  Mao Zedong

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

  Princess Diana

  Inspirational, Motivational, Women

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  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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Inspirational, Life, Thinking

  Emanuel Swedenborg (1993). “The Heavenly City: A Spiritual Guidebook”, Chrysalis Books

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• Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.

  Colin Powell

  Friendship, Receiving, Needs

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• Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

  William Arthur Ward, “Do More”

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• A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

  Amelia Earhart

  Spring, Compassion, Roots

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

  Margaret Cho

  Suicidal, Reality, Generosity

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  To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Be Kind, Return, Expecting

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

  Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

  Tattoo, Greatness, Soul

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