Values & Character: Kindness Quotes

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"Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"Wherever a man turns, he can find someone who needs him"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end"

Albert Schweitzer, Theologian

Albert Schweitzer

"Men are only as great as they are kind"

Elbert Hubbard, Writer

Elbert Hubbard

"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like"

Saint Augustine, Saint

Saint Augustine

"Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness"

Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher

Michel de Montaigne

"I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves, and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

Leo Buscaglia

"We all need each other"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

Leo Buscaglia

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

Leo Buscaglia

"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

Leo Buscaglia

"It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope"

Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer

Ursula K. Le Guin

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness"

Dalai Lama, Leader

Dalai Lama

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"

Tennessee Williams, Dramatist

Tennessee Williams

"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?"

George Eliot, Author

George Eliot

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone"

Audrey Hepburn, Actress

Audrey Hepburn

"To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike"

Horace Mann, Educator

Horace Mann

"You ever try to go a day without judgment?"

Max Cannon, Artist

Max Cannon

"But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible"

Max Cannon, Artist

Max Cannon

"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another"

Thomas Merton, Author

Thomas Merton

"Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed"

E. M. Forster, Novelist

E. M. Forster

"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

Vincent Van Gogh

"If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"They might not need me, but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity"

Emily Dickinson, Poet

Emily Dickinson

"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world"

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, Politician

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

"Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows"

Moliere, Playwright

Moliere

"URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages"

Ziggy Marley, Musician

Ziggy Marley

"You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward"

Woody Hayes, Coach

Woody Hayes

"Giving is true having"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

Charles Spurgeon

"I am a poor hater"

James A. Garfield, President

James A. Garfield

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people"

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator

Abraham Joshua Heschel

"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it"

Princess Diana, Royalty

Princess Diana

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else"

Booker T. Washington, Educator

Booker T. Washington

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"

James M. Barrie, Playwright

James M. Barrie

"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones"

Solomon Ibn Gabriol, Poet

Solomon Ibn Gabriol

"Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves"

Paul Tillich, Theologian

Paul Tillich

"I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back"

Kesha, Musician

Kesha

"To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent"

Madame de Stael, Writer

Madame de Stael

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