Random Kindness Quotes

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Joseph Joubert

Love, Kindness, Women

"The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Dalai Lama

Inspirational, Success, God

"Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination". Book by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria, 1988.

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You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Karma, Thankful, Appreciation

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

Seneca the Younger

Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You

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

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

Scott Adams

Inspirational, Kindness, Small Acts

"A Kind Word". DNRC Newsletter #9, December 1995.

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

Leo Buscaglia

Smile, Appreciation, Kindness

"Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

William Wordsworth

Love, Inspirational, Life

"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)

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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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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Saint Basil

Love, Inspirational, Thankful

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

Pablo Casals

Inspirational, Kindness, Caring

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

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Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

Frank A. Clark

Kindness, Feel Good, Done

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Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

Humphry Davy

Life, Family, Smile

Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy (1839). “The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy”, p.448

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

Harold S. Kushner

Change, Kindness, World

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No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Amelia Earhart

Spiritual, Kindness, Spring

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How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Morgan Freeman

Kindness, World, Changing The World

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The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Amelia Earhart

Kindness, Roots, Doe

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He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

Saint Basil

Thankful, Kindness, Tree

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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

Francis Bacon

Kindness, Men, Grace

Essays "Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature" (1625)

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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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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.

Harold S. Kushner

Thank You, Karma, Kindness

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Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on.

Henry Burton

Kindness, Years, Tears

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Do your little bit of good where you are.

Desmond Tutu

Kindness, Good People, Littles

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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Publilius Syrus

Kindness, Force, Accomplish

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