Kind Words Are Like Honey
Never underestimate the power of words. A simple sentence, spoken with kindness, can lift a heavy heart, bring comfort in a difficult moment, and leave a lasting impression long after it is spoken. The saying “kind words are like honey” reminds us that gentle words are sweet to the soul and can bring healing and encouragement to those who hear them.
In our busy lives, it is easy to speak quickly without thinking. Yet, when we choose our words with care, we have the opportunity to brighten someone’s day, strengthen relationships, and show compassion in ways that truly matter. Kind words do not cost anything, but their value is great. They can inspire hope, build confidence, and remind others that they are not alone.
The poems on this page reflect the beauty and importance of kind speech. Each one offers a simple reminder that what we say can make a difference. As you read, may you be encouraged to speak with kindness, to offer words that uplift, and to carry this message into your daily life.
If you are looking for more inspiration, visit these Kindness Poems that continue to remind us how thoughtful words can shape a better day.
Updated April 28, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.
Kind Words Never Die
Harsh and imprudent words,
Makes many devoted cry.
Let our speech be kind and gentle
Kind words never die.
Absurd and profane language.
We should all deny.
And speak refined and mild language,
Kind words never die.
With careful thoughts and devoted hearts.
Our tongue we should defy.
Against a word of abuse or slander,
Kinds words never die.
Love is sweet to the heart.
Dignity is beautiful to the eye,
Pleasant words is friendship bliss,
Kinds words never die.
Abuse'r words often make.
Temptations in our bosom fly:
Wisdom reflects and ask forgiveness,
Kind words never die.
Kind words can lift a weary heart, and these words have power quotes remind us that what we say can encourage, heal, and make a difference.
An Inspiration
Kind words, they hold a gentle might,
An inspiration, pure and bright.
They urge us toward what's good and right,
And make the world a better sight.
Encouragement, they freely give,
To help us grow, to truly live.
Polite in tone, they softly kiss,
Each word a balm that brings such bliss.
So let our voices always be
In harmony of courtesy.
For with kind words we all can share,
A world of warmth and love declared.
Fond Words
Hearts need fond words to help them on their way;
Need tender thoughts and gentle sympathy,
Caresses, pleasant looks, to cheer each passing day,
Then hoard them not until they useless be;
In life — not death,
Speak kindly, living hearts need sympathy.
Words That Are Kind
There's pleasure in the sunshine
That sleeps on the hill;
In the fall of the water;
In the leap of the rill;
In the leaves that are stirring
By the breath of the wind:
But nowhere such pleasure
As in words that are kind.
The bright clouds that cover
The cerulean skies,
And th'e autumn's sweet sunset -
How dear to the eyes!
But brighter and dearer
The affectionate mind,
That scatters, like sunshine,
The words that are kind.
I love the calm waters,
The sky and the earth:
The morning that bringeth
Creation to birth;
Sweet bloom and rare beauty
I everywhere find:
But these are as phantoms
To words that are kind.
Oh! lift the dark mantle
That shadows the heart;
And the sunshine of pleasure
To the wretched impart:
When sorrow is pressing,
Be ready to bind
With the love of pure virtue,
And words that are kind.
Kind Words
Kind words can never die.
Fair words won’t feed a cat.
Treachery lurks in honeyed words.
Evil words cut worse than swords.
Kind words bring back kind echoes.
Kind words are the music of the world.
Kind words cost no more than unkind ones.
A good word is as soon said as an ill one.
Words without thoughts never go to heaven.
Kind words cost nothing but are worth much.
Good words and no deeds are rushes and weeds.
Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.
We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.
Soft words, warm friends; bitter words, lasting enemies.
Kind Words Are
Kind words are such a blessing to the needful,
If one but knew the pleasure that they bring
To turn the sadness of a dark day's Winter
Into the glowing life and hope of Spring.
A freely given smile is seed well planted
For when the days of giving are quite gone,
One reaps the ripened harvest of a life-time
And smiling, steps to meet the bright new dawn!
Loving Words
Loving words will cost but little,
Journeying up the hill of life;
But they make the weak and weary
Stronger, braver, for the strife.
Do you count them only trifles?
What to earth are sun and rain?
Never was a kind word wasted;
Never was one said in vain.
When the cares of life are many,
And its burdens heavy grow.
For the ones who walk beside you,
If you love them tell them so.
What you count of little value
Has an almost magic power,
And beneath their cheering sunshine
Hearts will blossom like a flower.
So, as up life's hill we journey,
Let us scatter all the way
Kindly words, for they are sunshine
In the dark and cloudy day,
Grudge no loving word, my brother
To the ones who journey with you
If you love them, tell them so.
Watch Your Words
Keep watch of your words, my darlings,
For words are wonderful things;
They are sweet, like bees’ fresh honey -
Like bees they have terrible stings.
They can bless, like the warm glad sunshine,
And brighten a lonely life;
They can cut, in the bitter contest,
Like an open, two-edged knife.
Let them pass through the lips unchallenged,
If their errand is true and kind -
If they come to support the weary,
To comfort and help the blind.
If a bitter, revengeful spirit
Prompt the words, let them be unsaid;
They may flash through a brain like lightning,
Or fall on a heart like lead.
Keep them back, if they’re cold and cruel,
Under bar and lock and seal;
The wounds they make, my darlings,
Are always slow to heal.
May peace guard your lives, and ever,
From the time of your early youth,
May the words that you daily utter
Be the words of beautiful truth!
A Kind Word
How little it costs, if we give it a thought
To make happy some heart each day;
Just one kind word or a tender smile,
As we go, our daily way.
Perchance a look will suffice to clear
The cloud from a neighbor's face,
And the press of hand in sympathy
A sorrowful tear efface.
It costs so little, I wonder why
We give it so little thought.
A smile, kind words, a glance, a touch,
What magic with them is wrought!
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Conclusion
We hope after reading this poetry that you will carefully consider the words you use each day. Words may seem small, but they can leave a lasting impression. A kind word can encourage, a gentle word can comfort, and a thoughtful word can bring peace where it is needed most.
As you go through the day, think about how people would describe you. Do the words you use reflect kindness, patience, and understanding? May these poems remind us all to speak with care, because kind words can brighten hearts long after they are spoken.
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