by Thomas Smith
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Did you know that the term kindness may have come from an ancient Germanic word describing family?
Kindness is the essence of what makes human beings uniquely humans. While animals can do wonderful things, they’re driven by instinct, we can choose consciously to be kind, or not.
With Christmas coming and winter upon us people naturally start to reflect on their year and what kind of person they are, let’s explore some kindness quotes to point our thoughts in the right direction.
Kindness isn’t niceness. Someone is nice because ultimately they want something, they’re behaving because it gets them what they want. Niceness usually comes from a position of weakness.
Kindness comes from a position of strength. Kindness means that you choose to help people around you or do something good for the sake of it – kind acts are the ultimate way to magnify the power of small actions.
A kind word can make someone’s day, who then goes on to do something kind for someone else, and thus world peace is achieved, and most problems are solved. Life is more complicated than that, but not so much that the above words aren’t true.
While it can be challenging to be kind when the people around aren’t as reciprocating, that’s often where kindness is needed the most.
Striving to be more kind holds enormous potential, hopefully, some of the quotes below can help you understand and reflect on kindness in your life more deeply.
100 Kindness Quotes and Saying About Showing Warmth
- “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
- “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
- “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa
- “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Kindness is the art of making someone feel less alone.” – Unknown
- “One kind word can change someone's entire day.” – Unknown
- “Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.” – Rumi
- “In a world full of people, be a person full of kindness.” – Unknown
- “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephen Grellet
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephen Grellet
- “Kind hearts are the gardens; kind thoughts are the roots; kind words are the flowers; kind deeds are the fruits.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.” – Joseph Joubert
- “Your vibe attracts your tribe. Be kind.” – Unknown
- “The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” – Hada Bejar
- “Be kinder to yourself, and then let your kindness flood the world.” – Pema Chödrön
- “Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in our own.” – Adam Lindsay Gordon
- “Kindness is a language that creates peace among people.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the magic that transforms ordinary into extraordinary.” – Unknown
- “The world is full of kind people; if you can't find one, be one.” – Unknown
- “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” – William Arthur Ward
- “Kindness costs nothing but means everything.” – Unknown
- “Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “Your kindness is a gift to the world.” – Unknown
- “Your kindness is a gift to the world.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the magic that transforms ordinary into extraordinary.” – Unknown
- “In the end, only kindness matters.” – Jewel
- “Kindness is the universal language that is comprehended beyond the boundaries.” – Unknown
- “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart
- “Kindness is the greatest wisdom.” – Unknown
- “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
- “Kindness is the key to unlocking the door to a more compassionate world.” – Unknown
- “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” – Robby Novak
- “Kindness is like a boomerang; it always returns.” – Unknown
- “To err on the side of kindness is seldom an error.” – Liz Armbruster
- “Your vibe attracts your tribe. Be kind.” – Unknown
- “In the garden of life, kindness is the most beautiful flower.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the art of making someone feel less alone.” – Unknown
- “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” – Plato
- “One kind word can change someone's entire day.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
- “Kindness is the greatest gift you can give and receive.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the bridge between all people.” – Unknown
- “We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.” – Charlie Chaplin
- “Kindness is like a boomerang; it always returns.” – Unknown
- “Sprinkle kindness wherever you go, like glitter.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is a universal language that transcends borders and connects hearts.” – Unknown
Kindness is a universal language that transcends borders and connects hearts.” – Unknown
- “Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” – Desmond Tutu
- “Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
- “Be a little kinder than you have to be.” – E. Lockhart
- “Kindness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark Twain
- “In the garden of life, kindness is the most beautiful flower.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
- “Kindness is choosing love over hate, light over darkness, and compassion over judgment.” – Unknown
- “Your kindness can make a difference in someone's life, and so can your silence.” – Unknown
- “Every act of kindness grows the spirit and strengthens the soul.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
- “Kindness is the ability to know what the right thing to do is and having the courage to do it.” – Unknown
- “Your actions speak louder than your words. Be kind.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.” – Theodore Isaac Rubin
- “Kindness is the greatest wisdom.” – Unknown
- “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Kindness is an electrical spark of life that runs through all kingdoms and has a reciprocal action when shown to others.” – Joe Hayes
- “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” – Bob Kerrey
- “Kindness is the art of making someone feel less alone.” – Unknown
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it with acts of kindness.” – Unknown
- “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
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
- “Kindness is the mark we leave on the world.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the key that opens the door to our hearts.” – Unknown
- “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
- “Kindness is the echo of God's love in the world.” – Unknown
- “The world is full of kind people; if you can't find one, be one.” – Unknown
- “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel
- “Kindness is the art of making someone feel less alone.” – Unknown
- “What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” – Jean Jacques Rousseau
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” – Lucy Larcom
- “Being kind is giving even when it seems like you have nothing to give.” – RAKtivist
- “The world is full of kind people; if you can't find one, be one.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is like a cup of tea; it makes everything better.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the greatest gift you can give and receive.” – Unknown
- “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give” – Sir Winston Churchill
- “Throw kindness around like confetti.” – Unknown
- “Be kinder to yourself, and then let your kindness flood the world.” – Pema Chödrön
- “Kindness is igniting a light in someone else for no reason other than to watch them enjoy the glow.” – RAKtivist
Kindness is igniting a light in someone else for no reason other than to watch them enjoy the glow.” – RAKtivist
- “Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
- “Kindness is the key to unlocking the door to a more compassionate world.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the universal language that is comprehended beyond the boundaries.” – Unknown
- “Kindness is the greatest wisdom.” – Unknown
- “You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves.” – Wes Angelozzi
- “A kind word is like a spring day.” – Russian proverb
- “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
- “You can cultivate mercy when you extend acts of compassion and kindness to yourself and to other people.” – Bree Miller
- “Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.” – Andrew Iskander
- “Kind hearts are the gardens; kind thoughts are the roots; kind words are the flowers; kind deeds are the fruits.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” – Jackie Chan
- “Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
Final Thoughts on Kindness Quotes and Sayings About Showing Warmth
Kindness is one quality that can’t be replaced, it’s part of the fabric that makes humans, human.
Actions that may not benefit us but help other people out of challenging situations they’re stuck in is the essence of all religion, and it’s what keeps us going as a species.
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