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Quotes About Altruism

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
~ Dante Alighieri
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
~ James Stewart
You can never go wrong with kindness.
~ Megan Young
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
~ Aesop
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
~ George Sand
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
~ Annie Lennox
Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you.
~ Wayne Dyer
Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
The world exists for the sake of kindness.
~ Rashi
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.
~ Baha'u'llah
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
~ Frank A. Clark
Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.
~ Roald Dahl
(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.
~ J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace
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
Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
~ Confucius
May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.
~ Thomas Jefferson
To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough.
~ Pierre de Marivaux
Kindness is always fashionable.
~ Amelia Barr
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.
~ Louis Auchincloss
Kindness is no virtue, but a common duty.
~ Frederick Greenwood
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on.
~ Henry Burton
For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.
~ Natalie Merchant
Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.
~ Princess Diana