Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
Good words bring good feelings to the heart. Speak with kindness, always ~ Rod Williams
Wherever there is a human in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference ~ Kevin Heath
Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in our own ~ Adam Lindsay [Lionel Gordon] Gordon
No act of kindness is too small. The gift of kindness may start as a small ripple that over time can turn into a tidal wave affecting the lives of many ~ Kevin Heath
It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping stones to making the world a better place — because we become better people in it ~ Jodi Picoult
We are made kind by being kind.” ― Eric Hoffer
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” —Jackie Chan
Kindness isn’t a tactic. It’s a command. … Civility and decency aren’t incompatible with ‘taking sides.’ It doesn’t require anyone to fold in the face of angry opposition. Kindness doesn’t conflict with conviction, and our commitments to kindness are biblically inseparable from our commitments to justice. We aren’t to choose between them, we’re to embrace them both.” —David French
No matter how strangers treat you, always be polite and courteous. They may not understand it today. Some will die never understanding. But if we want to create a better world we must live by the example we wish of others. And we must be brave enough to initiate the change ~ Chris Boyle
The very nature of kindness is to spread. If you are kind to others, today they will be kind to you, and tomorrow to somebody else ~ Sri Chinmoy
Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter
Sam Altman
Happy Thursday! Life at work and at home is so much HAPPIER when you speak and act with kindness!! Share a SMILE and make it a great day:)! ~ Tracey Edmonds
What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind ~ Cleveland Amory
Don’t be yourself – be someone a little nicer.
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.
Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.
Happiness springs from doing good and helping others ~ Plato
Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle ~ Plato
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.
Should universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
Kindness is twice blessed. It blesses the one who gives it with a sense of his or her own capacity to love, and the person who receives it with a sense of the beneficence of the universe.
How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway… And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!
Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.
Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody.
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; ‘Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another’s tears. Pass it on.
If someone is too tired to smile at you, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give ~ Samson Raphael Hirsch
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a ‘soft’ issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas – kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile ~ Bo Lozoff
A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person ~ Dave Barry
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
if you want the world to be kinder, be kind. You are part of the world. And someone else is wishing you were kinder
Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Do one act of kindness each day of the year and change 365 lives.
Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.
It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‘try to be a little kinder.’
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness
