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44 Uplifting Quotes On Kindness

List of 44 Uplifting Quotes On Kindness:

#1 “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ― Plato

#2 “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” ― George Sand

#3 “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ― Aesop

#4 “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” ― Andy Rooney

#5 “One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.” ― Jack Kerouac

#6 “He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.” ― Dante Alighieri

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

#8 “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense.” ― Gretchen Rubin

#9 “Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.” ― Shannon L. Alder

#10 “Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.” ― Roy T. Bennett

#11 “The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

#12 “Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.” ― Samuel Johnson

#13 “People will not remember what you did for living, they will remember how you touched them with kindness and loving.” ― Debasish Mridha

#14 “Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.” ― Siddhārtha Gautama

#15 “All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have no boundaries.” ― Kathryn Stockett

#16 “I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” – Gandalf (J. R. R. Tolkein ~ The Hobbit)”

#17 “Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” Roy T. Bennett

#18 “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” Og Mandino

#19 ”Kindness has no religion. Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky.” Amit Ray

#20 “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

#21 “Kindness can transform someone’s dark moment with a blaze of light. You’ll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.” ― Amy Leigh Mercree

#22 “Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.” ― Roy T. Bennett

#23 “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.” ― Mother Teresa

#24 “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

#25 “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” ― Steve Maraboli

#26 “…treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can’t until you do understand.” ― Kim Harrison

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

#28 “If you treat people right they will treat you right … ninety percent of the time.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

#29 “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” ― Wendy Mass

#30 “This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

#31 “There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.” ― Catherine Ryan Hyde

#32 “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett

#33 “Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.” ― Alice Munro

#34 “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” ― Kahlil Gibran

#35 “Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.” ― Roy T. Bennett

#36 “It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.” ― Aldous Huxley

#37 “Treat other people’s home as you want them to respect yours because what goes around comes around.” ― Ana Monnar

#38 “Because I haven’t yet learned the simplest and most important thing of all: the world is difficult, and we are all breakable. So just be kind.” ― Caitlin Moran

#39 “I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.” ― Mother Teresa

#40 “Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.” ― Anne Rice

#41 “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” ― Brad Meltzer

#42 “We’re all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person…so it’s easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you.” ― Natsuki Takaya

#43 “Nothing,’ wrote Tolstoy, ‘can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.” ― Gretchen Rubin

#44 “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

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References

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/kindness
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