Quotes About Kindness

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness there is in the world arises as a result of others' kindness.

All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right.

I believe that the mindset that allows you to spend your working life thanking and congratulating people rather than being unpleasant to them is the mainstay of good leadership.

It's really easy to complain. If you're not careful, then you end up complaining about your whole life. Concentrating on the good things is really good. Catch people doing good.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Every little bit of peace I bring someone is worth the peace I never had.

It is the human things that make life good, the unexpected kindness, the friendly note, the bracing word, the neighbour's extra loaf of bread she leaves at our back door.

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded . . . sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

We have to start treating each other as if we are treating ourselves living another life.

Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.

We are like clay containers filled with a beautiful treasure. So often it has been the love of Jesus expressed through the life of someone I know that has made a difference in my life.

A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.

Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves.

How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.