Generosity And Kindness Quotes

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

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Mother Teresa

Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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

Aesop

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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

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

Amelia Earhart

Kindness, Spring, Compassion

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It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

John Templeton

Inspiring, Thank You, Kindness

John Templeton (1994). “Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp”, p.287, Templeton Foundation Press

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

Gautama Buddha

Buddhist, Kindness, Liars

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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Confucius

Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

James M. Barrie

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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

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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Arthur Ashe

Inspirational, Kindness, Teaching

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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Charles Dickens

Love, Inspirational, Family

"Our Mutual Friend". Book by harles Dickens, 1865.

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People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Oscar Wilde

People, Generosity, Giving

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.217, Oxford University Press on Demand

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No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

Emma Goldman

Sympathy, Education, Children

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

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Bullying, Clever, Kindness

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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

George Eliot

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Spread your love everywhere you go.

Mother Teresa

Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.

Nazr Mohammed

Kindness, Funeral, Eulogy

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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

William Penn

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Integrity, Selfish, Creativity

Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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

George Elliston

Beautiful, Thank You, Gratitude

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

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

Khalil Gibran

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.

Rebecca Solnit

Kindness, Generosity, Style

"We could be heroes: an election-year letter" by Rebecca Solnit, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2012.

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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

Inspirational, Life, Friendship

"Henry James: A Life". Book by Leon Edel. Volume 5: "The Master 1901-1916", 1972.

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Love, Inspirational, Life

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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

John Bunyan

Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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