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Quotes About Kindness

To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness.
~ Friedrich Schiller
Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.
~ Pema Chodron
Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
~ Seneca the Younger
No act of kindness is wasted.
~ William Watson Purkey
Everyone, regardless of his or her decisions, deserves our kindness!
~ Neil L. Andersen
Wishing kindness and compassion to all living creatures.
~ Brian Blessed
Kindness is produced by kindness.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
~ P. D. James
You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.
~ Brian Eno
I think the most important manner is just general kindness. When you go to big cities, sometimes people forget to just say, "Good morning," or "How are you?"
~ Jaime King
More than machinery, we need humanity.
~ Charlie Chaplin
To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
~ Jack Kornfield
People just deserve to be treated with kindness.
~ Sophia Bush
I must be cruel, only to be kind.
~ William Shakespeare
You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.
~ Katie Couric
Everything we now enjoy has been provided through the kindness of other beings, past or present.
~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Look to see the best in everyone - especially in those who refuse to do the same. Perhaps your kindness will break someone's shell or be a catalyst to change their mind.
~ Allison McAtee
There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Kindness is willing to look in the face of the hurting.
~ Beth Moore
Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.
~ Betty White
Kindness Day? Kindness Day? Do you suppose if we were kind and enthusiastic for centuries uninterruptedly, that someone would create 'Nasty, Indifferent Day'?
~ Patch Adams
Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast the first stone.
~ Allen Drury
I realized that social media can be powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally.
~ Amy Jo Martin
True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.
~ Robert Foster Bennett