Quotes on Inspirational Kindness

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

"The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one's existence, to have a good heart."

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.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.