Quotes About Kindness

Be truthful, gentle and fearless. The words floated back into her consciousness as though on fluttering muslin in front of an open window.

Be truthful, gentle and fearless, she told herself. That was the best anyone could be.

Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Manners aren't anything but a polite person being nice, no matter what everyone else is doing. But they make the world a better place, Sugar Honey, you can trust me on that.

Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?

Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.

What a lovely place this world would be if only people would feel affection for everyone else, and all the ugliness of the human heart were to vanish - our envy of those better off than ourselves and our scorn for those worse off.

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

One's purpose is Love.

If you lacked ubuntu, … you lacked an indispensable ingredient to being human. You might have much of the world's goods, and you might have position and authority, but if you did not have ubuntu, you did not amount to much.18

Give generously of what you have, and if you don't have much, give little generously.

At the judgment Jesus will not ask us about our gifts. He will ask if our cheeks have touched the cheeks of those who suffer, if our hands have held the hands of those who endure pain, and if our gifts are directed at those who most need them.

John Wesley said this well: "The judging that Jesus condemns here is thinking about another person in a way that is contrary to love."3

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple effect with no logical end.

I very rarely came across rude or disrespectful people. I don't know how I slipped by all of them, but I honestly can't think of one experience off the top of my head that was like that. I'm sure they're there, but I'd have to think really hard to recall them.

Focus on building up others, and your own sense of self-worth will improve. Some call these random acts of human kindness. But the truth is, acting unselfishly is not random at all. Instead, it is a conscious, concerted effort to make the world better by making someone else's life better. The bonus: you will be happier by doing it.

Be kind to your future self

If we treat people inhumanely, we should never be surprised when they return the favor.

Gods, when did we discover how easy it is to be cruel to one another?

The world is cruel enough without our compounding it;

A glass poured on the ground for a stranger without friends.

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The world is cruel enough without our compounding it; I approve.

Do the best that you can in the place where you are, and be kind.