Values & Character: Kindness Quotes

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"The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green"

Thomas Carlyle, Writer

Thomas Carlyle

"Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

Benjamin Disraeli

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse"

George Washington, President

George Washington

"A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love"

William Wordsworth, Poet

William Wordsworth

"It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower is to bloom"

Alice Walker, Author

Alice Walker

"Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated"

Ralph Nader, Lawyer

Ralph Nader

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them"

Mother Teresa, Leader

Mother Teresa

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

Scott Adams, Cartoonist

Scott Adams

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves"

James M. Barrie, Playwright

James M. Barrie

"True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense"

Emanuel Swedenborg, Scientist

Emanuel Swedenborg

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles"

Washington Irving, Writer

Washington Irving

"Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man"

Louis Nizer, Lawyer

Louis Nizer

"If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals"

J. K. Rowling, Author

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men"

Francis of Assisi, Saint

Francis of Assisi

"An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves"

Lydia M. Child, Activist

"Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart"

Phil Jackson, Coach

"If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path"

Mary Webb, Novelist

Mary Webb

"Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop"

Dorothy Height, Activist

"There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"Everybody likes a compliment"

Abraham Lincoln, President

Abraham Lincoln

"We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Charity begins at home, but should not end there"

Thomas Fuller, Clergyman

Thomas Fuller

"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate"

Robert Frost, Poet

Robert Frost

"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers"

Seneca the Younger, Statesman

Seneca the Younger

"The squirrel that you kill in jest dies in earnest"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"A gift in season is a double favor to the needy"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

Publilius Syrus

"Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart"

Mahatma Gandhi, Leader

Mahatma Gandhi

"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated"

Mahatma Gandhi, Leader

Mahatma Gandhi

"That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake"

Mahatma Gandhi, Leader

Mahatma Gandhi

"In this world, it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child"

Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman

"The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

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