Quotes About Kindness

As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

All things whatsoever ye wou'd that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.

I expect to pass though this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Pity costs nothin' and ain't worth nothin'.

When thou doest alms, do not let thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever.

I have found men more kind than I expected, and less just.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

Take egotism out, and you would castrate the benefactor.

It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at last.

He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.