Kindness Quotes

Kindness: It's ours to share.

~ Anthony T. Hincks

The spirit of Christmas is a sweet, internal peace that testifies of the power of kindness and charity.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The Christmas spirit is simply an honest spirit of love for all humanity. It is the force that moves us to give what we can, to help as we are able, and to always be of kind comfort.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Jusging by the sour glance she threw on me as she said this, I concluded that I represented those 'late changes' to which all the sorrows of the house were referred. I felt unhappy under the ill-will even of this odious old woman, being one of those unhappily constructed mortals who cannot be indifferent when they reasonably ought, and always yearn after kindness, even that of the worthless.

~ J. Sheridan Le Fanu

So you want to improve the world? Then do it. To the next person who crosses your path, say something kind, do something generous, perform a simple act of service. By doing this on a regular basis, you will indeed improve the world.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

My shoulders, broad and sculpted thick, were designed for two useful purposes. The one, to carry heavy loads like cedar logs and beams of steel and now and then the careful transfer of an injured friend to a bed of safety. The other purpose I consider superior, and that is to be, in all circumstances and forever, your headrest and cry pillow whereupon you may leave your heaviest burdens.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Imagine the greatness this world would know if kindness were as contagious and enduring as the common cold.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

So what if you’re right? So what if you’re wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn’t care so much about whether you were right or wrong but whether, despite it all, you were kind or cruel.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Learning to breathe fire isn’t nearly as extraordinary as learning to breathe a word of kindness.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Malice is a greater magnifying-glass than kindness.

~ George Savile Halifax

I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally...

~ Socrates

The pleasure of kindness is that it connects us with others; but the terror of kindness is that it makes us too immediately aware of our own and other people’s vulnerabilities (vulnerabilities that we are prone to call failings when we are at our most frightened). Vulnerability—particularly the vulnerability we call desire—is our shared biological inheritance. Kindness, in other words, opens us up to the world (and worlds) of other people in ways that we both long for and dread. How can people, from childhood onward, feel confident enough to take such risks?

~ Adam Phillips

People are so scared of what they don't know.

~ Caitlin Alifirenka

I don’t know how to save the world, though I do know it involves a great deal of love and kindness.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life isn’t always kind. It isn’t gentle and loving or sympathetic to the pains and sorrows of humanity. I, however, as an individual in control of my own actions, can be kind and loving, gentle and sympathetic to those around me, and in the process improve what life is for everyone.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Nature blessed every person with the innate capacity to express wonder and awe for the eternal world and act with a kind and unstinting soul.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

What gives a person’s brief time on this planet meaning is engaging in small acts of kindness. Bestowing an act of kindness upon other people is the greatest gift that a person will ever give to other people and such acts shall renew the gifting person. When we unreservedly accept and love our brethren, we become the ineluctable wind that vivifies the lives of other people.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Out of all the magic words in existence, kind words produce the most powerful transformation spells.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Keep pollinating the world with your kindness.

~ H.l. Balcomb

It’s easy to be kind to friends who return your smiles and happily lend a helping hand. But the true test of good character is finding the will and desire to be kind and charitable to those who give us absolutely no motivation to do so.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

We often look for kindness back in the same place we gave it, and mostly that is where we go wrong.Kindness does not work that way, you put your kind deeds into the universe and the universe reflects back that energy into your life, from unexpected avenues at most appropriate times.

~ Drishti Bablani

The right way to start your day...Guard well within yourself with benevolence, Hateful people will always try to provoke you.

~ Napz Cherub Pellazo

What weighs us down is not gravity! A little force of kindness can decelerate depravity.

~ Igbinovia Ixrael Lee

I don’t believe in a god, not in the traditional sense anyway. I guess that’s what being raised Catholic has done to me. But I do believe in energy. I do believe in right and wrong. I do believe in kindness and truth.

~ R.b. O'brien

Live in a dignified way with nobility, pride, strength, and kindness.

~ Seiji Fuji

Often the best gifts we can give each other cost nothing.

~ Russ Ramsey

As a child, I once suffered a bad fall that resulted in scratched palms and scraped knees. I remember how badly it stung, the cold air hitting my bleeding wounds; I felt that I couldn’t stand up for the pain. Through a veil of tears, I recall a kind hand reaching for me and helping me to my feet. My knees and palms were washed clean, and I remember thinking that for the rest of my life, I wanted to help people stand back up.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell.

~ Neal Shusterman

Selfishness is easy to find. Selflessness is a much rarer beast.

~ Stewart Stafford

Think before you click. If people do not know you personally and if they cannot see you as you type, what you post online can be taken out of context if you are not careful in the way your message is delivered.

~ Germany Kent

This woman did not know me, but she knew this stretch of trail. She didn't know if I was kind or mean, gentle or abrasive, honest or a liar. She didn't need to know what I had accomplished in life or what I had wasted. She just knew that if I was there in her hospital on my birthday, I was probably feeling a little lost. On that basis alone, i mattered to her.

~ Russ Ramsey

The very next day after Miss West and I’d talked about her son and missions, she was the same as she’d always been: volatile and unhappy with a hatred that spewed out of her like missiles. I thought I understood why. She must have hated us for being alive when her son was dead.Lately the class has been turning against her. They’re openly hostile, and they whisper plots for revenge. It seems unfair, the way unhappiness flows out of a person, just to ricochet. “Adam…do you think we have a missions?” He looks at me with a confused expression. “What kind of missions?” “I don’t know. Do you think you have a mission?” I shrug, disappointed. If Adam doesn’t know, then I guess no one does. A girl turns onto our hall, eyes red and sad, and she passes, Adam sends her a smile. Her whole face brightens and she sends him a smile back. Hate ricochets, but kindness does too. Page 178.

~ Robin Roe

I find it a challenge to respect capable people who care only for their own interests.

~ Brandon Mull

Do not wait until Christmas to spread a little cheer,people appreciate kindness, all through of the year.

~ Charmaine J. Forde

For all those people, who took advantage of my kindness. Thank you. I won't drop to your level. I'll simply smile and move on.

~ Saif Ullah

A little attention, a little kindness, a little thoughtfulness are worth more than all the wealth in the world.

~ Avijeet Das

They celebrated the sins, while the kindness continued to weep in the corner. The swords of the demons shined brighter, while the wings of the angels were crumpled and bled.

~ Akshay Vasu

There are those who are awkward in the face of sorrow, fearing to say the wrong thing; to them, I say, there is no wrong in comfort, ever. A kind word, a consoling arm ... these things are ever welcome.

~ Jacqueline Carey

I could doubt the value of my books as much as many do, except that, as a researcher and very curious person, I do read a lot too, and can clearly see the difference in value between what I do and what others do. I have no doubt that my books have much more value than nearly all others out there, and it wouldn't make sense for me to be an author if I couldn't see that, or if I saw the opposite, as I believe that, if we're not upgrading mankind, we're just making it lost and vulnerable to the claws of ignorance.

~ Robin Sacredfire