Values & Character: Kindness Quotes

"Those who give of themselves rarely regret it"

Marvin Olasky, Educator

"Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world"

Nellie Bly, Journalist

"I'm not a violent person and I don't hit people"

Shannen Doherty, Actress

"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody"

Carly Simon, Musician

"As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you"

Morihei Ueshiba, Athlete

"Above all things, let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other"

Albert Pike, Lawyer

"To see those babies with no food for three of four days, old people sitting in the hot sun, when you see these poor people, you cannot help but being compassionate or affected"

Geraldo Rivera, Journalist

"God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings"

Selma Blair, Actress

"Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering"

Aleksander Kwasniewski, Politician

"Helping someone is what life is all about"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality"

Susan Sarandon, Actress

"You may be sorry that you spoke, sorry you stayed or went, sorry you won or lost, sorry so much was spent. But as you go through life, you'll find - you're never sorry you were kind"

Herbert Prochnow, Writer

"To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems"

Susan Sarandon, Actress

"Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart"

Marvin Olasky, Educator

"An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it"

Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist

"I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are truly good at heart"

Kurt Huber, Professor

"Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours"

Jacques Delors, Economist

"I'm empathetic to a fault. I really do - embarrassingly enough - tear up when someone squishes a bug in front of me"

Kristen Bell, Actress

"A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward"

William Bennett, Politician

"How much easier is it to be generous than just?"

Junius, Writer

"You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility!"

Elia Kazan, Director

"I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life"

Peter Jennings, Journalist

"I always signed autographs when I could, and always stayed and chatted with them when I could"

Frank Langella, Actor

"Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world"

Francis Schaeffer, Theologian

"I'm a very caring person"

Alicia Keys, Musician

"I'm very generous"

Elton John, Musician

"To work to make the lives or others better is the most rewarding work of all"

John Walters, Musician

"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them"

Swami Vivekananda, Clergyman

"Condemn none: If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way"

Swami Vivekananda, Clergyman

"If you can't return a favor, pass it on"

Louise Brown, Celebrity

"The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you!"

Brian Tracy, Author

"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade, and then turn around and share it with someone else"

June Carter Cash, Musician

"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver"

Barbara de Angelis, Writer

"When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness"

Walter Isaacson, Writer

"In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other"

J. M. Coetzee, Author

"To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for"

Henry Van Dyke, Poet

"You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints"

Edward James Olmos, Actor

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