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Kindness
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. - Washington Irving
We must be purposely kind and generous or we miss the best part of life's existence. - Horace Mann
Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end. - H. Jackson Browne
Kind looks, kind words, kind acts, and warm handshakes--these are secondary means of grace when men are in trouble and fighting their unseen battles. - John Hall
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. - Robert Brault
In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough. - Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
Throw wide the doors of our hearts and let in the sunshine of good will and kindness. - Orison Swett Marden
The world changes for the better with every act of kindness, and for the worse with every act of cruelty. - Bo Lozoff
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
Your purse should not be closed so tightly that a kind impulse is not able to open it. - Cicero
Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself...Treat yourself as you would someone you really loved. - Louise Hay
Imagination lit every lamp in this country, built every church, performed every act of kindness and progress, created more and better things for more people. It is the priceless ingredient for a better day. - Henry J. Taylor
Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble. - French Proverb
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. - Joseph Joubert
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. - Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Funny thing about kindness. The more it's used, the more you have of it. - Unknown
You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao Tzu
Those who do a kindness because they expect to be repaid are always disappointed. - Chinese Proverb
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within. - Dan Millman
Nothing multiplies so much as kindness. - John Ray
In the year ahead, may we treat our friends with kindness and our enemies with understanding. - Unknown
With the milk of human kindness, there should be no such thing as skim. - Steve Johnson
One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness -- it is usually returned. - Cort R. Flint
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? - Unknown
Kindness is the kingpin of success in life; it is the prime factor in overcoming friction and making the human machinery run smoothly. - Andrew Chapman
Our small efforts at kindness can change people's lives more than we will ever know. Since it takes so little time and energy to change the world for the better, why not make an effort to do it every day? - Pat Williams
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. - Eric Hoffer
Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life. - Isaac Bashevis Singer
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. - William Arthur Ward
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions. - Kahlil Gibran
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another. - Walter Savage Landor
Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain. - Charles Fenno Hoffman
Measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. - Michael Cunningham
I wonder why it is that we are not all kinder to each other than we are. How much the world needs it! How easily it is done! - Henry Drummond
Don't expect to enjoy the cream of life if you keep your milk of human kindness all bottled up. - Author unknown
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. - Samuel Johnson
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency. - Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
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