Random Kindness Quotes

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Karma, Thankful, Appreciation

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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Seneca the Younger

Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Dalai Lama

Inspirational, Success, God

"Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination". Book by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria, 1988.

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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Joseph Joubert

Love, Kindness, Women

"The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

Scott Adams

Inspirational, Kindness, Small Acts

"A Kind Word". DNRC Newsletter #9, December 1995.

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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Henry James

Inspirational, Life, Friendship

"Henry James: A Life". Book by Leon Edel. Volume 5: "The Master 1901-1916", 1972.

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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

Leo Buscaglia

Smile, Appreciation, Kindness

"Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

William Wordsworth

Love, Inspirational, Life

"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)

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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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How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Morgan Freeman

Kindness, World, Changing The World

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Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

Frank A. Clark

Kindness, Feel Good, Done

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When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.

Harold S. Kushner

Change, Kindness, World

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No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Amelia Earhart

Spiritual, Kindness, Spring

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I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

Pablo Casals

Inspirational, Kindness, Caring

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

Francis Bacon

Kindness, Men, Grace

Essays "Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature" (1625)

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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Saint Basil

Love, Inspirational, Thankful

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He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

Saint Basil

Thankful, Kindness, Tree

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Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

Humphry Davy

Life, Family, Smile

Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy (1839). “The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy”, p.448

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The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Amelia Earhart

Kindness, Roots, Doe

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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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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Inspirational, Wisdom, Kindness

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2009). “Emile: Or, On Education”, p.94, The Floating Press

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Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Nelson Mandela

Future, Compassion, Suffering

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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

Ashleigh Brilliant

Inspirational, Stay Strong, Kindness

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

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