KINDNESS QUOTES V

quotations about kindness

Kindness is a graceful deed done without the other person's having to request it.

SHELDON B. STEPHENSON

Meditations on the Holy Spirit of God


That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass -- deadly to the incautious wayfarer.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Baptismal Regeneration


Be a little kinder than you have to.

E. LOCKHART

We Were Liars


Kindness is universal in its objects. We have known individuals who could never do enough for some objects of their regard, but who are by no means persons of diffusive kindness; and, perhaps, if we examine, we shall find that their benevolence has a great mixture of selfishness in it, for it is exercised only towards those from whom they expect an ample return. It is the kindness of barter, not of charity: it is so much of their comfort put out at interest, not given away to the needy; they either have had, or expect to have, value received for all they do.

JOHN ANGELL JAMES

The Friend, Nov. 27, 1830


They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness.

GRAHAM GREENE

The Captain and the Enemy


Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with proud stomachs.

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Extracts from the Writings of W. M. Thackeray


Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Help to make earth happy, like the heaven above.

JULIA CARNEY

Little Things


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

FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER

attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words


Kindness holds the key to the secret of our own transformation and, in the process, of the transformation of the world.

JEAN MAALOUF

The Healing Power of Kindness


Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

attributed, Treasury of Thought


Warm hearts are better than great thoughts.

LYMAN ABBOTT

Laicus: Or, The Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish

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There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

MARY ANNE RADMACHER

Live Boldly


Kindness is not something you need to struggle to formulate. You need only let down what defenses might be in place and see what wells up from inside you.

WILL GLENNON

Practice Random Acts of Kindness


What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

Emile


Kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently understand its value. Men may be charitable and not kind; merciful, yet not kind; self-denying and yet not kind. If they would add a little common kindness to their uncommon graces, they would convert ten where they now only abate the prejudice of one.

FREDERICK W. FABER

attributed, The Flight of the Swallow


I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person. You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's expense. It's sarcasm; it's nasty. Kids grow up hearing that, and they think that's what humor is, and they think it's OK. But that negativity permeates the entire planet. I think that's where bullying comes from. I mean, I grew up watching Dick Van Dyke and Lucille Ball, and they were nothing but sweet and funny. It wasn't "negative comment, negative comment, laugh track." So I'm really proud I'm not adding to the negativity. I'm proud that for the hour my show is on television, I'm not being mean, and I'm hopefully helping one other person go, I'm going to be kind. Because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there.

ELLEN DEGENERES

Good Housekeeping, Oct. 2011


Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Imaginary Conversations


If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins them.

FRANCIS BACON

Essays


To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Nobel Lecture, Jun. 16, 2012


When one person shows kindness to another person, God shows up.

STEVE SJOGREN

The Day I Died