Quotes About Kindness
“Words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”
“You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”
“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.”
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
“A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.”
“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.”
Kindness
No life can be ideal without kindness. In wider society and in popular culture, kindness has been replaced in modern times by a drive to achieve, to succeed at all costs. There is a sense these days that personal success must be paid for by the failure of others. That more for you must mean less for someone else.
We must resist this attitude with all our strength, and the best way to counter cruelty or heartlessness in the world is by encouraging kindness everywhere we can.
Feel free to dip into this curated collection of quotations about kindness.