Tag: Kindness Quotes

“Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.” – Rembrandt

“Wise people are kind with others. Wiser people are kind with themselves.” – Maxime Lagacé

“I’m always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.” – Tamara Mellon

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference – in our own lives and those of others.” – Sharon Salzberg

“Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.” – Billy Graham

“A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else’s life.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Without forgiveness, there’s no future.” – Desmond Tutu

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green

“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” – William Wordsworth

“It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Kahlil Gibran

“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” – Ayn Rand

“To be kind to others you must first be kind to yourself.”

“What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself.” – C. JoyBell C.

“Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.” – Malcolm X

“Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.” – Glenn Beck

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” – Wayne W. Dyer

“I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” –  Rita Mae Brown

“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.” – Thomas Fuller

“A little madness a little kindness makes for happiness.” – Nicole Johnson 

“Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love…Kindness is good will. Kindness says, ‘I want you to be happy’.” – Randolph Ray

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.” – Ellen Goodman

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” – Barbara De Angelis

“Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, and don’t put up with people that are reckless with yours.” – Kurt Vonnegut

“Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.” – Augustine of Hippo

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” – Princess Diana

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” – Scott Adams

“Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments.” – Talmud

“Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be first in love. I want you to be first in moral excellence. I want you to be first in generosity.” – Martin Luther King Jr

“He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.” – Dante Alighieri

“We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We’re also all the kindnesses we did.” – Hugh Leonard

“Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.” – Walter Savage Landor

“The most important thing in your world in your health. Without it, you have nothing. Be kind to yourself.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise L. Hay

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” – Marilyn Monroe

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” – Mark Twain

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” – Michel de Montaigne