Kindness Matters

Here is 52 KINDNESS QUOTES to help brighten your day and also a good reminder that we need to be kind. So let yourself feel completely free to be kind – truly kind – for the sake of other people. And for your own sake too. It is impossible to stretch out to other people through your emotions, imagination, concern, interest and actions without also benefiting yourself. Your world grows larger; your problems grow smaller. Remind yourself always, “It is a privilege to be able to give.” And is a freedom to be able to give without demanding something in return. Kindness has been shown to increase self-esteem, compassion and empathy and also improve moods. The act of giving kindness often is simple and positive, free and healthy.

While we may not have control over another person, we do have control over ourselves. We can’t make anyone else be kind, but that doesn’t have to stop us from aspiring to be kind, no matter what. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

There is so much going on in our lives – including competing strains and stresses – not to mention the current coronavirus pandemic. This can see kindness pushed to one side, in favor of what is urgent or trending now. But if we take the time to be kind to other people, we can reap the emotional dividends. It can really make a difference and especially for people who are vulnerable or struggling. It helps to make the world a happier place – one act of kindness can often lead to more! The more you do for others, the more you do for yourself.

“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”
—Harold S. Kushner

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”
—Richard Gere

“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you will never walk alone.”
—Sam Levenson

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”
—Sharon Salzberg

“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
—Eric Hoffer

“As for…the fear that compassion will involve you in suffering, counter it with the realization that the sharing of sorrow expands your capacity to share joy as well. When you callously ignore the suffering of others, you lose the capacity to share their happiness, too.”
—Albert Schweitzer

“Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.”
—Anne Herbert

“Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.”
—Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.”
—Wes Angelozzi

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
—James M. Barrie

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
—Margaret Mead

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away.”
—Abraham Lincoln

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
—Desmond Tutu

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”
—Barbara De Angelis

“To err on the side of kindness is seldom an error.”
—Liz Armbruster

“You can cultivate mercy when you extend acts of compassion and kindness to yourself and to other people.”
—Bree Miller

“Kindness is an electrical spark of life that runs through all kingdoms and has a reciprocal action when shown to others.”
—Joe Hayes

“It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.”
—Aristotle

“I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.”
— Lady Gaga

“Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.”
—Jackie Chan

“One thing I do know for a fact is that the nicer we are to our fellow human beings, the nicer the universe is to us.”
—Joe Rogan

“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”
—Maya Angelou

“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 Van Dyke

“Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.”
—Charles Glassman

“The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.”
—Sarah Fielding

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
—Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.”
—Confucius

“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.”
—Tommy Lee Jones

“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.”
—Leo Buscaglia

“Simple kindness may be the most vital key to the riddle of how human beings can live with each other in peace, and care properly for this planet we all share.”
—Bo Lozoff

“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.”
—Buddha

“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”
—Paramahansa Yogananda

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
—Aesop

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
—Mark Twain

“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.”
—Bob Kerrey

“A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”
—Joseph Joubert

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
—Princess Diana

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”
—Scott Adams

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
—Mother Teresa

“I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage, or bravery, or generosity, or anything else… Kindness—that simple word. To be kind—it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.” —Roald Dahl

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
— Lao Tzu

“You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”
—Publilius Syrus

“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”
—Steve Maraboli.

“A kind word is like a Spring day.”
—Russian Proverb

“Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.”
—Andrew Iskander

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got.” —Cheryl Strayed

“You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
— Dalai Lama XIV

To be kind to others, and to create a more peaceful and accepting atmosphere around yourself, you need to start exactly where you are. Kindness includes being kind to yourself. Do you treat yourself kindly? Do you speak gently and kindly to yourself and take good care of yourself?