112 Kindness Quotes
A collection of kindness quotes; famous short words reminding us to be kind and demonstrate acts of kindness every day. When we demonstrate small acts of graciousness and generosity it truly does make a positive difference in people's lives.Kindness can be demonstrated in many ways: in generosity, in compassion and tolerance for others, being cordial, showing hospitality, and being courteous to others. It could be described as goodwill and a gentleness. The effects of being kind to others can never be minimized.
Introduced in 1998, World Kindness Day is celebrated on November 13th, 2019. in many countries around the world. You may also be encouraged by our collection of kindness poems.
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Kindness to your fellow man and woman will also help align you with your greater purpose and create good feelings about yourself.
Cary David Richards, The Happiness Habit
Poems of Encouragement -
Blame no one; do not expect something in return for kindness and generosity for this demonstrates the love of Christ.
Byron R. Pulsifer
Christian Poems -
Kindness is magic, it's the breeze that gently touches everybody,
Drifting like a viral flu, a contagious epidemic,
That moves from one person to another silently... Cesar Moran-Cahusac
Inspirational Poems -
Red roses, if my heart is sweet with love for all my own; and heart's-ease springing at my feet for every kindness shown.
Mabel Earle, A Life Garden
Garden Poems -
The kind things you meant to say when they [friends] are gone, say before they go.
Author Unknown, Do Not Keep
Friendship Poems -
The gift of kindness can impact a person much better than giving a sermon.
Catherine Pulsifer, Christmas Is Gifts
What Is Christmas Poems
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There is no kindness in the world unless it is first shown.
Robert Rivers
Motivational Quotes -
The kindness and the love that you share - we know that you always care.
Catherine Pulsifer, Happy 21st Birthday Daughter
21st Birthday Poems -
Oh feel the joy and see the light, a show of kindness can ignite
Catherine Pulsifer, A Show Of Kindness
Weekly Quotes -
Be kind, don’t judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation.
Jasmine Guinness
Respect Quotes -
Another motto I had and which is the last one I will mention
was this 'To cultivate kindness is a great part of the business of life. If we always showed kindness to everyone we should always be happy."
E. A. R. Shepherd, My Mottoes
New Year Poems -
Good, kindly Mother Nature plays no favorites but smiles for all...Ah, what a lesson we may learn from kindly Mother Nature's ways!
Edgar A. Guest, Mother Nature
Nature Poems -
Though the bad deeds have angered the mind or caused some to say how they hate they'll remember your deeds that were kind but ne'er the abuse they must take.
Unknown, Daily Service
Good Poems -
Your kindness and caring mean the world to us, filling our hearts with love, hope, and trust.
Catherine Pulsifer, Your Messages
Pastor Appreciation Poems -
It is not great deeds of kindness only in which the blessing is found. In little deeds of "kindness," repeated every day, we find true happiness.
Maria Frink, Every Day A Little
Poems About The Bible -
February Babies, next, have "Kindness" for their daily text!
Althea Randolph, A Year Of Babies
Baby Poems -
The success of marriages and all other close relationships depends upon slowing down enough and opening up enough to create a space that welcomes simple, kind words.
Edward M. Hallowell Md, Married to Distraction
Poems About Family - "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. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Motivational Poems -
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up
for the acts of greed in the headlines.
Charles Kuralt
Poems about Life -
You taught us how to be kind and always keep others in mind.
Catherine Pulsifer, Christmas Memories
Christmas Poems for Mom -
Honesty, kindness, and generosity sets you apart.
Catherine Pulsifer, My One True Dear
New Year Love Poems -
Be kind to others who pass you by especially those who are heavy with a sigh. Remember what you do will always come back to you.
Catherine Pulsifer, Our Princess
Happy Birthday Poems Daughter -
Kind acts, kind words you speak ....how you make others feel is a legacy revealed.
Catherine Pulsifer, Living Legacy
Legacy Poems -
Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.
Roy T. Bennett
Gratitude Quotes -
Man is ever in a struggle and he's oft misunderstood...But at Christmas kindness rules him and he puts himself aside
Edgar A. Guest
Christmas Poems -
Those who would make friends must cultivate...
generosity and large-heartedness;
Author Unknown, Admire and Love Them
Love and Friendship Poems -
Who lives for kindness gives a light to darkened lands
Max Ehrmann, Kindness
Desiderata Poem -
It is not great deeds of kindness only in which the blessing is found. In little deeds of "kindness," repeated every day, we find true happiness.
Maria Frink, Every Day A Little
Poems About The Bible -
For deeds of loving kindness will in reflex influence return
Nannie H. Woodruff, Happiness
Poems About Happiness -
Your love and kindness is so true, you always go the extra mile in everything you do.
Catherine Pulsifer, Thank You Grandma
Thank You Grandma Poems -
Use your gentlest voice at home; watch it day by day as a pearl of great price. A kind word is a joy, like a lark's song to the home hearth.
Author Unknown
Poems About Home -
Strength for to-day ...to scatter kind words and loving deeds
Mrs. M. A. Kidder, Strength
Poems About Strength -
Mother...your kindness and compassion inspire us to be our best.
Catherine Pulsifer, To A Special Mom
Thank You Poems To Mom -
Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way, and your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say.
Edgar A. Guest, It Isn't Costly
Poems About Money - The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth. Albert Einstein
Poems About Hope -
Be kind, don’t judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation.
Jasmine Guinness
Respect Quotes -
For kindness is lovelier than any glittering gown or any silver slipper.
J. B. Cohan, If It Be A Daughter
Poems About Daughter -
Miracles are not just about supernatural events, but about everyday miracles of love, kindness, and forgiveness.
Joyce Meyer
Quotes About Miracles -
Tangible love and lots of smiles spreading kindness from miles to miles.
Catherine Pulsifer, A Show Of Kindness
Weekly Poems -
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Henry VanDyke
Thanksgiving Poems -
Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way, and your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say.
Edgar A. Guest, It Isn't Costly
Poems About Money -
Let's go and speak a kindly word to cheer his weary lot, that will be by far the best, for God has said, "Judge not."
Lillian E. Curtis, Judge Not
Judging Others Poems -
Kindness you have always shown - you always help, never moan
Catherine Pulsifer, Together
Love Poems For Husband -
As we journey down the road, let us share each other's load, let's be kind.
Unknown, Let's Be Kind
Poems For Teenagers -
... think kindly of one's neighbor....speak kindly to him....act kindly toward him.
Unknown, Three Steps
Poems About Peace -
Acts of kindness from both strangers and friends can turn around a situation and leave a lasting memory. Stephannie Hughes
Making Memories Quotes -
Home is where affection binds gentle hearts in union, where the voices all are kind
Unknown, Where Is Home?
Poems About Home -
Be cheerful and kind, bringing pleasure into the lives of those at home and at school.
Catherine Pulsifer, Success Is Yours
Quotes About Schools -
...count the things that we have done..., find one self-denying act, one word that eased the heart of him who heard; one glance most kind that felt like sunshine where it went, then we may count the day well spent.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Our Daily Reckoning
Sunshine Poems -
I believe that if everyone took a little more time to express a thank-you, then the world would be a kinder and sweeter place to live.
Ali Lauren Spizman
Thank You Poems -
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain
Cute Quotes -
Kindness is for all times in all situations -- not just when it suits you.
Audray Landrum
Quotes To Live By -
Be kind to others and lend a helping hand - never forget your values; when needed take a stand
Catherine Pulsifer, Our Little Boy
Son Poems -
Do kindly acts at time of need, ere the chance be gone; thus you will plant the seed of deeds now unknown.
Unknown, Only
Good Morning Poems -
You can never show enough kindness to others.
Catherine Pulsifer
Appreciation Quotes -
....be grateful for every kindness that others can do us
James Freeman Clarke, Lost
Respect Poems -
I'm glad that I did a kindly act to him who did me wrong
Blanche Tromble Evans, I Did My Best
Poems For Women -
Let us radiate more sunshine to our fellow-men and scatter with a spendthrift hand the seeds of kindness and charity.
M. A. Ferguson
Positive Poems -
Interestingly enough, although kindness has a good chance of leading to success, kindness will always lead to happiness.
So if you want to be happy,
be kind. David T. Fagan
Happiness Quotes -
Christmas isn’t a period nor a season but a perspective. To esteem harmony and altruism, to be plenteous in kindness is to have the genuine soul of Christmas
Calvin Coolidge.
Famous Christmas Poems -
I like Dad...[he] helps folks in need, is always kind to everyone. No wonder I like Dad and try my best to do
Ida Tyson Wagner, I Like Dad
Dad Poems -
And as we spend each minute that God to us has given, the deeds are known before his throne, the tale is told in heaven.
Christopher Pearse Cranch, The Hours
Poems About Time -
It is difficult to give away kindness. It keeps coming back to you.
Cort Flint
Positive Quotes -
Then let your little lights e'er shine, strive some kind act to do each day
John Franklin Bair, Little Things
Poems For Kids -
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. Publilius Syrus
Attitude Quotes -
As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.
Katherine Francke
Short Positive Quotes -
Through kindness, and thus through affection, honesty, truth, and
justice toward everyone else, we ensure our own benefit.
Piero Ferrucci, The Power of Kindness
Truth Quotes -
A smile is one the sweetest and most helpful ministries of kindness that every one of us has in his power to give to the world.
Eliza Riley
Smile Quotes -
One little deed, one thought, one act, will bring reward to you when aid is given to someone who strays
Everett Wentworth Hill, Something You Can Do
Poems About Helping Others -
We wildly underestimate the power of the tiniest personal touch of kindness. Author Unknown
Thoughtful Quotes -
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden
Helping Others Quotes -
If no kindly thought or word we can give, some soul to bless....tho' 'tis summer in the sky yet 'tis winter in the heart!
Unknown, Summer and Winter
Summer Poems -
Give words, kind words, to those who err; remorse doth need a comforter.
Mrs. Sigourney, Give Words
Poetry About Words -
Be kind to strangers, because it's the loving thing to do. Also, you never know - they could be angels.
Scott Curran
Angel Quotes -
As we journey on Life's way.
It's the simple things that please us like a willing kindness done.
John McLeod
Simplicity Poems -
With so much negativity in our world ... the most important thing is
kindness towards others. Eldonna Lewis Fernandez
Life Is Too Short Quotes -
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
Dalai Lama
Deep Quotes about Life -
Oh, the world is full of kindness, thronged with men who want to be of some service to their neighbors...
Edgar A. Guest, An Easy World
Poems About Truth -
But at Christmas kindness rules him and he puts himself aside
And his petty hates are vanquished and his heart is opened wide.
Edgar A. Guest
At Christmas Poem -
When day is done ...Remember then the deeds you've done, recall the words you've said.
Althea Randolph, When The Day Is Done
Famous Poems -
A smile ....It speaks of kindness and of love
Daniel C. Colesworthy, A Smile
Smile Poems -
May every soul that touches mine- be it the slightest contact - get therefrom some good, some little grace - one kindly thought.
Dr. Eliot, One Kindly Thought
Meaningful Poems -
Are you willing... To make a grave for your ugly thoughts and a garden for your kindly feelings, with the gate open?
Henry VanDyke, Ready To Keep Christmas
Christmas Card Poem -
Speak gently; it is better far to rule by love than fear.
David Bates, Speak Gently
Poems About Fear -
Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
Miguel de Cervantes
Short Inspirational Quotes -
Love is a flame that must be fed with kindness from the start
James Henry Thomas, Love's Requisite
Short Love Poems -
Kindness gives birth to kindness. Sophocles
Short Quotes -
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Tennessee Williams
Difficult Times Quotes -
We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw
little torches out to lead people through the dark.
Whoopi Goldberg
Optimistic Quotes -
Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns.
Marc Estrin
Learning Quotes -
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
Audrey Hepburn
Cute Quotes For Instagram -
The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy
will always be cheerful.
Parke Godwin
Sympathy Quotes -
Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
T.H. Thompson
Make A Difference Quotes -
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
Risk Quotes -
Because "kindness" is a humble word, it does not invite arrogant
debates and conflicts that pit us against them. Tara Cousineau PhD
Short Deep Quotes -
Do all the good you can. By all the means you can.
In all the ways you can. In all the places you can.
At all the times you can. To all the people you can.
As long as ever you can. John Wesley
Graduation Poems -
Through kindness, and thus through affection, honesty, truth, and justice toward everyone else, we ensure our own benefit.
Piero Ferrucci, The Power of Kindness
Justice Quotes -
We do not live to be selfish; we live to bless others with the bounties
we have been graciously given. Byron R. Pulsifer
Life Journey Quotes -
Being kind to yourself is the first thing to learn, and
one of the only specific life instructions I remember from my mother.
David Friedman, We Can Be Kind
Mothers Day Messages -
May the kindness that was shown to me
Be kindness that I return so easy Catherine Pulsifer, A Life Full of Gratitude
Gratitude Poems -
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you -
not because they are nice, but because you are. Author Unknown
Life Quotes -
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
Malayan Proverb
Poems -
... believe me: being kind to yourself, to strangers, to those you love,
to the world - every day, at every opportunity - will make you happier
and more connected to everything and everyone than you have ever been.
It will bring you peace...
Bernadette Russell
Opportunity Quotes -
We can view the world in one of two ways. We can look out and see
all the negativity and heartache that occurs or we can choose to focus
on all the kindness and generosity and draw from its strength. Michelle Tupy
Strong Quotes -
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, Til in Heaven the deed appears - Pass it on. Henry Burton
Heaven Poems -
To pass by someone on the street who is obviously in
desperate need is to forsake the primary mandate of humanity. Theodore W. Higgingsworth
Inspirational Quotes About Life and Struggles -
May the kindness you spread, keep returning to you.
Irish Blessing
Irish Blessing Quotes -
Every word that conveys altruism, amiability, consideration,
helpfulness, care, or concern has no meaning unless it is followed
by a genuine and graceful action devoid of expecting something in return. Freddy J. W. Parkes
Graduation Sayings -
We all know someone who has changed our life in some way, big or small.
We all have seen people acting in kindness or love. We all know how much
better it feels to stir the good than to spill the bad.
AnnaMarie McHargue, People Are Good
Quotes about Change -
There is no tally sheet in the exchange of small kindnesses;
but there is shared memory and, from each person,
the assurances of good things to come. Lady Borton
Memories Quotes -
With the right treatments - including unlikely friendships, art, and
community building - we can grow a more muscular kind of empathy,
and broaden our kindness along the way.
Jamil Zaki, The War for Kindness
Experience Quotes -
If someone were to pay you ten cents for every kind word you ever
spoke and collect five cents for every unkind word,
would you be rich or poor? Nonpareil
Wealth Quotes
May your day be filled with kindness towards others and when you demonstrate an unselfish attitude and understanding, and mercy, you will find it will be returned to you! We hope these quotations have given you food for thought!
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