Kindness Quotes
- a collection of kindness quotations

Kindness Quotes

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

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

~ Aesop

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

~ Samuel Johnson

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

~ Benjamin Franklin

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

~ Washington Irving

Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.

~ Kin Hubbard

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

~ Mother Teresa

I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.

~ Mother Teresa

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

~ Confucius

More Kindness Quotes

Kind words, kind looks, kind acts and warm handshakes, these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles

~ John Hall

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.

~ Neil Strait

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

~ Frederick W. Faber

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

~ Joseph Joubert

I choose kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me.

~ Max Lucado

A good character is the best tombstone.
Those who loved you and were helped by you
will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered.
Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

~ Charles H. Spurgeon

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

~ Seneca

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

~ Mark Twain

The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.

~ Albert Einstein

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

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

~ John Wooden

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

~ Frank A. Clark

Kindness Quotes from Various Cultures

Blessed is he who speaks a kindness;
Thrice blessed is he who repeats it.

~ Arabian Proverb

A kind word is like a spring day.

~ Russian Proverb

Kindness begets kindness?

~ Greek Proverb

Kindness Quotes by Unknown Authors

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.

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