Small Acts Of Kindness Quotes - Page 2

• It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

  Carol Burnett

  Kindness, Selfish, Helping Others

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• The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Kindness, Ordinary, Human Nature

  Stephen Jay Gould (1993). “Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history”, Vintage

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• We pardon to the extent that we love.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Forgiveness, Pardon Me

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 330, 1678.

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• When autumn darkness falls, what we will remember are the small acts of kindness: a cake, a hug, an invitation to talk, and every single rose. These are all expressions of a nation coming together and caring about its people.

  Jens Stoltenberg

  Kindness, Fall, Caring

  "We Choose Dignity" by Jens Stoltenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 17, 2011.

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• There is no small act of kindness.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Kindness, Small Acts, Empathy

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, Conari Press

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• The holiday season promotes a heightened sense of community. It draws our chins up and helps us look above and over the limiting fence of our own events, activities and preoccupations. The opportunity for a heroic gesture can tap you quietly on the shoulder in the midst of a holiday bustle. If you are attentive, you will notice the gentle touch and will be able to respond. Remember... There are no small acts of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Kindness, Holiday, Opportunity

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• That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place.

  Bellamy Young

  Beautiful, Kindness, Fall

  "Bellamy Young, ‘Scandal’ Star, Opens Up About How She Keeps Her Center In ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2013.

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• Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay small acts of kindness and love.

  Peter Jackson

  Kindness, Believe, Small Acts

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

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Kindness, Compassion, Small Acts

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, Conari Press

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• Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over a lifetime.

  Lori Gottlieb

  Kindness, Mean, Small Acts

  Lori Gottlieb (2010). “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough”, p.166, Penguin

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• You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. & great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves. & even loved in spite of ourselves.

  Victor Hugo

  Lonely, Kindness, Love Is

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• Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.

  Emily Giffin

  Kindness, Past, Small Acts

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Blue: A Novel”, p.97, St. Martin's Press

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• Gretta sits herself down at the table. Robert has arranged everything she needs: a plate, a knife, a bowl with a spoon, a pat of butter, a jar of jam. It is in such small acts of kindness that people know they are loved.

  Maggie O'Farrell

  Kindness, Knives, Small Acts

  Maggie O'Farrell (2013). “Instructions for a Heatwave”, p.14, Hachette UK

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