Small Kindnesses Quotes

• 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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• 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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• Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

  Margaret Cho

  Kindness, Suicidal, Reality

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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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• It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

  Charles de Lint

  Inspirational, Life, Kindness

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• The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

  Charles de Lint

  Life, Kindness, Magic

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• Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

  Wendy Mass

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "The Candymakers (The Candymakers, Book 1)". Book by Wendy Mass, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.

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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, 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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• There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.

  Robert Breault

  Appreciation, Kindness, Compassion

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• Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Kindness, Payoff, Produce

  FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Sep 19, 2011

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• I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Kindness, Importance

  Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness”, p.92, Pan Macmillan

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• How easily we ignore or forget the small kindnesses and considerations in life which are really the only everyday magic we witness on a regular basis. Just think- to make happiness out of nothing more than a few kind words or a generous gesture.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Kindness, Thinking, Magic

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• Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

  Charlotte Gray

  Kindness, Achievement, Wasted Life

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• If you set out to do a good deed, you may do a hundred small kindnesses on the way.

  Sarah Doudney

  Kindness, Deeds, May

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