There is nothing more important in life than being kind to one another.
Lucky for us, studies show that being nice will actually make us happier and healthier!
We’re here to spread the love with this collection of our favorite quotes about kindness, generosity, and just being a nice person in general.
Enjoy the quotes, share the wisdom, and get out there and be kind.
“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.-Aesop
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.-Mark Twain
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The capacity to care is what gives life its most deepest significance.-Pablo Casals
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.-Oscar Wilde
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.-Plato
“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.-Kurt Vonnegut
“The best portion of a good man’s life: His little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.-William Wordsworth
“Every act of kindness benefits the giver, as well as the receiver.-Katrina Mayer
“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.-Jack Kerouac
“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.-Theodore Rubin
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.-Laozi
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.-F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.-Dalai Lama
“Always be a little kinder than necessary.-J. M. Barrie
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.-Desmond Tutu
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.-Mother Teresa
“No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.-Thich Nhat Hanh
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.-Kahlil Gibran
“The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.-Parke Godwin
“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.-Theodore Roosevelt
“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.-Abraham Joshua Heschel
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.-Albert Pike
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.-Henry James
“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.-Mahatma Gandhi
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.-Audrey Hepburn
“Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.-Al Capone
“To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.-Tariq Ramadan
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.-Charlie Chaplin
“She’s known sadness, and it has made her kind.-Nathan Filer
“A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.-Joseph Joubert
“People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyways.-Mother Theresa
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.-George Sand
“If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.-Lao Tzu
“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.-A.A. Milne
“To belittle, you have to be little.-Kahlil Gibran
“Kindness is always fashionable.-Amelia E Barr
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.-Dalai Lama
“It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.-Simon Sinek
“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.-Robert Brault
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.-Bob Kerrey
“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.-Steve Maraboli
“No one has ever become poor by giving.-Anne Frank
“Be the change you want to see in the world.-Mahatma Gandhi
“As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.-Colossians 3:12
“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.-William Makepeace Thackeray
“To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. It is a philosophy of the spirit.-Robert J. Furey
