Inspirational Kindness Quotes:

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.

- Gavin de Becker

source: Gavin De Becker (2013). “Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)”, p.87, Dell

topic: People, Remember, Inspirational Kindness

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

- Katharine Hepburn

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

topic: Life, Discipline, Inspirational Kindness, Discipline And Self Control, Disciplined Life

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

- Wendy Mass

topic: Inspirational, Life, Kindness, Inspirational Bullying, Kind Person

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

- Amelia Earhart

topic: Kindness, Spring, Compassion, Kindness And Compassion, Acts Of Kindness

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

- Mother Teresa

topic: Inspirational, Life, Leadership, Customer Experience, Deeds Not Words

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

- Harold S. Kushner

topic: Kindness, World, Changing The World, Acts Of Kindness, Random Acts Of Kindness

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

source: "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Importunate, Nobody Cares

"In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with."

- Brian Tracy

topic: Inspirational, Cheer, Kindness, Alleviate, Inspirational Kindness

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

topic: Inspirational, Kindness, Women, Acts Of Kindness, Heart On My Sleeve

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Buddhist Monk, Meditation Mindfulness

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

- Mark Twain

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

topic: Inspirational, Relationship, Inspiring, Niceness, Kind Thoughts

Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime.

- Richard Carlson

topic: Motivational, Be Kind, Kind, Being Rude, Inspirational Kindness

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

- Rudyard Kipling

topic: Inspirational, Life Lesson, Believe, Social Good, Being Generous

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

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Kindness, Love And Kindness, Inspirational Kindness

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

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

topic: Kindness, Differences, Making A Difference, Making A Difference In The World, Inspiring Love

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

- Scott Adams

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

topic: Inspirational, Kindness, Empathy, Ripple, Kindness Generosity

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

- Lucy Larcom

source: LUCY LARCOM (1869). “POEMS”, p.186

topic: Inspirational, Adversity, Caring, Making A Difference In The World, Making A Living

How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it!

- George Elliston

source: George Elliston (1929). “Cinderella cargoes: poems for poets and for those who love poetry”

topic: Thank You, Beautiful, Kindness, Kindness And Compassion, Kindness Generosity

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Inspirational, Kindness, Work, Unkindness, Kindness And Compassion

What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind.

- Cleveland Amory

topic: Kindness, Army, Needs, Inspirational Kindness

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

- James M. Barrie

source: "Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled". Book by Marion Morris, 1917.

topic: Happiness, Thank You, Wisdom, Make Someone Happy, Live For Yourself

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

- Desmond Tutu

source: FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 04, 2014

topic: Life, Success, Peace, Acts Of Kindness, Good In The World

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

- Khalil Gibran

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Social Good, Kindness Generosity

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

- Spencer Johnson

topic: Truth, Honesty, Integrity, Moral Ethics, Moral Integrity

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

- Aesop

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happiness, Making A Difference In The World, Joy Happiness

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

- Albert Schweitzer

source: Albert Schweitzer (1966). “The Teaching of Reverence for Life”

topic: Relationship, Kindness, Humility, Melting Away, Kindness And Compassion

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

- Louis Nizer

source: My Life in Court ch. 1 (1961)

topic: Responsibility, Kids, Men, Pointing, Great Responsibility

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

- Aesop

topic: Success, Kindness, Congratulations, Inspirational Kindness, Small Acts Of Kindness

When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: People, Treats, Should, Inspirational Kindness

He who plants kindness gathers love.

- Saint Basil

topic: Kindness, Plant, Kindness And Compassion, Inspirational Nurse, Inspirational Nursing

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

- R. J. Palacio

source: R. J. Palacio (2017). “The Wonder eOmni Collection: Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder”, p.309, Knopf Books for Young Readers

topic: Kindness, Character, Greatness, Inspirational Kindness, Human Kindness

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

- Og Mandino

source: "Best You Ever: 365 Ways to be Richer, Happier, Thinner, Smarter, Younger, Sexier, and More Relaxed - Each and Every Day". Book by Rebecca Swanner (p. 324), October 18, 2010.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Kindness And Compassion, Kindness Generosity

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

- Dennis Prager

source: FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Sep 07, 2014

topic: Honesty, Kindness, Integrity, Kindness Generosity, Columnists

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Inspirational, Smile, Kindness, Keep Smiling, Just Keep Smiling

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

- Abigail Van Buren

topic: Life, Friendship, Family, Abby, Inspirational Character

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

topic: Love, Inspirational, Happiness, Inner Happiness, Inner World

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

- Mao Zedong

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Joy Of Giving, Kindness Generosity

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Importunate, Had A Great Time

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

- John Ruskin

topic: Money, Kindness, Helping Others, Acts Of Kindness, Random Acts Of Kindness

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

- Khalil Gibran

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Kindness, Kindness For Weakness, Inspirational Nurse

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

topic: Bullying, Clever, Teaching, Social Good, Kind People

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

- Seneca the Younger

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

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You, Social Good, Just Being There

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on.

- Henry Burton

topic: Kindness, Kindness And Compassion, Kindness Generosity, Acts Of Kindness, Organ Donation

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

- Publilius Syrus

topic: Kindness, Force, Accomplish, Random Kindness, Inspirational Kindness

We pass through this world but once.

- Stephen Jay Gould

source: Stephen Jay Gould (2006). “The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)”, p.30, W. W. Norton & Company

topic: Kindness, Helping Others, Giving, Quaker, Kindness Generosity

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

- Frank A. Clark

topic: Kindness, Real, Nice, Charity And Generosity, Generosity And Kindness

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

- Dave Barry

source: Dave Barry (1998). “Dave Barry Turns 50”, Crown

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness, Waiter, Social Interaction

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

- Pablo Casals

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

topic: Kindness, Caring, Compassion, Meaning Life, Acts Of Kindness

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Uplifting, Kindness, Complicated World, Spiritual Awakening