kindness Quotes (27)

Quotes 27

β€œTenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution.”
Kahlil Gibran
β€œA kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.”
Washington Irving
β€œThe only really decent thing to do behind a person's back is pat it.”
Anonymous
β€œHuman kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.”
P. D. James
β€œAlways give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.”
Tecumseh
β€œMaintaining cordial relationship with friends helps us improve our own capabilities.”
Atharva Veda
β€œHe who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
Russian Proverb
β€œFlowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.”
Chinese Proverb
β€œOffer hospitality to one another without grumbling.”
Bible (Proverbs)
β€œHe who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.”
James Matthew Barrie
β€œBe gentle to all, and stern with yourself.”
St. Teresa of Avila
β€œNo thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.”
Publius Ovidius Naso
β€œIf you can't be kind, at least be vague.”
Judith S. Marin
β€œBetter a lie that soothes than a truth that hurts.”
Czech Proverb
β€œFeeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
William Arthur Ward
β€œA civil denial is better than a rude grant.”
Thomas Fuller
β€œHave constructive thoughts, consoling words, compassionate acts.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
β€œThose who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.”
Patti Smith
β€œLet us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”
Mother Teresa
β€œNever deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
β€œWrite injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”
Benjamin Franklin
β€œIf you would be loved, love and be lovable.”
Benjamin Franklin
β€œTo the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.”
Benjamin Franklin
β€œThe ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.”
Albert Einstein
β€œForget insults; never forget kindness.”
Confucius
β€œA kind-hearted person never loses anything.”
Frank A. Clark
β€œA person with a kind heart is happy even in a small house.”
Hong Zicheng