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