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Quotes About Kindness

It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
~ George Eliot
A man only has the right to look down at another when he helps him to lift himself up.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
People are the custodians of the world's wealth; if you want them to hand some over to you, you have to be nice to people!
~ Stuart Wilde
Generosity is the best investment.
~ Diane von Furstenberg
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
~ George Washington
The noblest revenge is to forgive
~ Thomas Fuller
The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.
~ Kenneth Langone
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
~ Seneca the Younger
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.
~ Horace Mann
When you let me take I'm grateful. When you let me give I'm blessed.
~ Leonard Nimoy
Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.
~ Malcolm Cowley
Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.
~ Charles de Lint
I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as an act of service than out of the things they do for themselves.
~ Edward Norton
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.
~ Eric Hoffer
It is a great thing to be a really good forgiver.
~ Frank W. Boreham
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
~ Homer
Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.
~ Robertson Davies
There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.
~ Roger Caras
When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall.
~ C. S. Lewis
A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected.
~ Chanakya
They alone live, who live for others.
~ Swami Vivekananda
You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
~ Kathryn Stockett, The Help
As someone who grew up in the Bronx, I certainly learned my share of four-letter words, but none are more powerful than nice.
~ Linda Kaplan Thaler
The greatest gift you can give another person is strength.
~ Caroline Myss