This world cannot have too much kindness. In today’s craziness and divisive media, it can be hard to remember what’s really important in life. Toward orienting to more of what brings people together, please enjoy and share these kindness quotes.
Send us know your favorites—yours and/or those written or spoken by others—and we’re glad to add them here.
Acts of Kindness Quotes
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
~Princess Diana, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, b.July 1, 1961
Beauty and Kindness Quotes
“When you see beauty in the world, that is simply and truly a mirror of the beauty within you.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®
“When we expect and engage the Beautiful, a new fluency is set free within us and between us. The heart becomes rekindled and our lives brighten with unexpected courage.”
~John O’Donohue, author, Irish poet, celtic spiritualist, 1956-2008
“Kindness is like snow – It beautifies everything it covers.”
~Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American writer, poet, artist, philosopher, 1883-1931
Blessings and Kindness Quotes
“For every act of kindness, you are blessed by the gentle wings of a grateful angel.”
~LeAura Alderson, coauthor-I’m Grateful Daily 90 Day Gratitude Journal
Character and Kindness Quotes
The way you treat your own heart is the way you will end up treating everyone else’s.
~John Eldridge, author-Wild at Heart
Compassion
“Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.”
~Charles F. Glassman, MD, integrative medicine, author
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” ~Jackie Chan, Chinese-American actor, born-April 7, 1954
Forgiveness and Kindness Quotes
“Love is forgiveness and forgiveness is freedom.
Free yourself from the chains that bind you to the pain of the past.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com, coauthor-Gratitude Journal
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
~Albert Schweitzer, polymath, theologian, writer, philosopher, physician, 1875-1965
The kind heart loves deeply and forgives quickly for there is no room in the loving heart for grudges to grow.
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®
Gratitude and Kindness Quotes
“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
~Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama, b.July 6, 1935
“Your kindness has fallen softly on the petals of my heart. Gratitude is the fragrance I wear.”
~LeAura Alderson, coauthor-I’m Grateful Daily Journal
“Kindness is the constant companion of gratitude.”
~LeAura Alderson, co-author-90 Day Gratitude Journal
“Gratitude is the light that opens the blossom of the heart from which the seeds of kindness flow.”
~LeAura Alderson, co-author-90 Day Gratitude Journal
Happiness
“Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.“
~Harold S. Kushner, American Rabbi, author, born-April 4, 1935
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
~Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama, born July 6, 1935
Healing and Kindness
“I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.”
~Lady Gaga, singer, entertainer, entrepreneur, born-March 28, 1986
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is not complete.”
~Jack Kornfield, author, Theravada Buddhism teacher, b.7/16/1945
Kindness is a simple salve that heals hearts and hurts. Apply liberally.
~LeAura Alderson, coauthor-I’m Grateful Daily Gratitude Journal
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.”
~Bob Kerrey, author, politician-lobbyist, Governor-Nebraska, b.8/27/1943
“The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.” ~Sarah Fielding, English author & sister of novelist Henry Fielding, 1710-1768
“Kindness is a healing balm.
If someone is rude to you, they are reacting from the wounded child within, or from their own life struggles.
Open your heart and send love, understanding and healing to them in your thoughts, demeanor and responses. In so doing, you are also healing yourself through the balm of your kindness.”
~LeAura Alderson, coauthor-I’m Grateful Daily
Humanity
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”
~Henry James, American-British author-novelist, 1843-1916
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
~Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, 4 BC-65 AD
Joy and Kindness Quotes
“Grow like flowers in spring. Do the work that brings you joy, and you will spread that joy to others.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com
Karma and Kindness Quotes
“Choose kindness and kindness will choose you.”
~LeAura Alderson, coauthor-90 Day Gratitude Journal
“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”
~Scott Adams, creator-Dilbert comic strip, author, b.June 8, 1957
Love
KINDNESS
~Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher,
Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
writer, author-Tao Te Ching, founder-Taoism, born-601 BC
Love begins with you.
~iHeartDaily.Com
“Kindness grows in the secret garden of the heart.”
~LeAura Alderson, Coauthor-I’m Grateful Daily Journal
LOVE IS FREE
~Shannon Billings, Poet, author beekeeper, homesteader
Dearest fellow human,
You are important
Joy is here now
Love is free.
The Winged Heart
Love all whom you encounter today,
for all beings seek
Love.It is the absence of Love
that breeds evil,
and the presence of Love
that heals all
hurts.Love is the power
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily
that dissolves all
shadows.
Be present with love.
The winged heart frees
The Light.
coauthor, I’m Grateful Daily – 90 Day Gratitude Journal
Peace and Kindness Quotes
“Kindness brings peace and imbues every cell of your being with a gentle grace.”
~LeAura Alderson, Cofounder-iCreateDaily.com
Politeness and Kindness Quotes
“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.”
~Tommy Lee Jones, American actor & filmmaker, b.9/15/46
Positivity
“What would happen if you just listened to positivity and optimism?”
~Gary Vaynerchuk, magnate, speaker, influencer, author
Relationships and Kindness Quotes
“Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.”
~Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman, religious leader, author, 1917-2008
Self Worth
I WILL BE KIND TO MYSELF
~Cindy Trippe Wentworth, artist, photographer, writer
I WILL…
…be kind to myself and forgo all the negative talk, accusatory statements and guilt trips.
…embrace who I am and love her.
…encourage her to do better when needed, but
…not beat her up and put her down when she is less than stellar.
I WILL…
…trust her judgment and not dismiss her heart.
…praise her accomplishments and marvel at her creativity.
…appreciate her beauty and sustain her strength.
I WILL…
…pick her up when she falls and remind her that she is worthy and loved.
…cherish her and help her move past her doubts and fears.
…be her biggest cheerleader and applaud all she does.
…love her like I would a daughter, and remind her
that she is the daughter of a King and treat her as such.
I will be kind to her
I will be kind to me!
For we are one and the same.
I am her!
Service
“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
~Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, CA Governor, actor, 1911-2004
SMILING IS INFECTIOUS
~Russell H. Conwell, 1843-1925
Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today,
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner
and someone saw my grin.
When he smiled, I realized
I’d passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile,
then I realized it’s worth.
A single smile, just like mine
could travel ‘round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin,
don’t leave it undetected.
Let’s start an epidemic quick,
and get the world infected!
Baptist minister, orator, founder-Temple University in PA
Strength and Kindness Quotes
Kindness: Loaning someone your strength instead of reminding them of their weakness.
~unknown author
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
~Franklin D. Roosevelt, FDR, 32nd American President, 1882-1945
Thanksgiving
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
~Henry Van Dyke, American author, educator, clergyman, 1852-1933
Virtue and Kindness Quotes
“Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.”
~Robert Green Ingersoll, American writer, orator, agnostic, 1833-1899
“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”
~Harold S. Kushner, American Rabbi, author, born-April 4, 1935
“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
~Eric Hoffer, American moral-social philosopher, author, 1898-1983
Wisdom and Kindness Quotes
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, 1712-1778
“You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”
~Pubilius Syrus, Syrian slave turned educated Latin writer, 85 BC
“Before you speak, let your words pass through 3 gates:
Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?”
~Sufi saying
“With each act of kindness a light is added to the world.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
~Mark Twain, (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), writer, humorist, publisher, 1835-1910
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
~Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer, author, founder –ninety-nines, 1897-1937
“Susan Lordi’s wood sculptures exude a gentle grace, warmth, kindness and love.”
~iCreateDaily.com®
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