Top 100 Give Kindness Quotes
#1. It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation
to force the esteem of others
seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.
Henri Frederic Amiel
#2. A genuine act of kindness makes me feel like I really am where you cut underneath anything external, and you become what a human being can really be. It's like coming home when you give kindness. Kindness changes us, as human beings,
Catherine Ryan Hyde
#3. And you can always, always, give kindness
Anne Frank
#5. To fill the world with joy and happiness give the gift of love and kindness.
Debasish Mridha
#6. The Koran teaches that deeds of unselfish kindness will be rewarded in heaven. I've given you precious food and for this unselfishness I will find reward. But now I shall go further. I am going to give you work.
Rose Tremain
#7. Give Happiness, Patience, kindness, and Care, and the PAIN goes away.
Then only LOVE remains ...
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
#8. If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.
Plato
#9. Be Kind. Be Generous. Be Helpful. Show Mercy. Be Forgiving. Give Love.
Be Thankful. Be Cheerful. Do Acts Of Kindness for Those Who Can Never Repay you. It all helps to brighten humanity!
Timothy Pina
#10. The light enkindled by human kindness and love can give human life a brilliance and luster that will never be extinguished.
Steve Centola
#11. Every single day, no matter who you meet in the day - friends, family, work colleagues, strangers - give joy to them. Give a smile or a compliment or kind words or kind actions, but give joy! Do your best to make sure that every single person you meet has a better day because they saw you.
Rhonda Byrne
#12. I would prefer a thousand times to receive reproofs than to give them to others ...
Therese Of Lisieux
#13. His heart line was long and curved, and she traced it with her eyes over and over again. A person with a curved heart line was a person capable of great warmth and kindness, a person willing to give their whole selves to love, no matter the cost.
Leslye Walton
#15. Give more, don't expect not to be repaid. Give more thanks for what you haven't expected but received!
Israelmore Ayivor
#16. What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.
Rudy Giuliani
#17. It is not the number of prayers that will give you happiness, but the number you answer for another person.
Shannon L. Alder
#18. The knowing ones must have pity on the ignorant.
One who knows is willing to give up his body even for an ant,
because he knows that the body is nothing.
Swami Vivekananda
#19. True kindness is rooted in a deep sense of abundance, out of which flows a sense that even as I give, it is being given back to me.
Wayne Muller
#20. To fill your life with joy and happiness, the greatest gift that you can give is love and kindness. Wishing you a memorable birthday!
Debasish Mridha
#21. 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
#22. You can have all the titles in the world but if you cannot treat others as you would yourself, you have no love to give!
Kemi Sogunle
#23. Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other's achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.
Fred Rogers
#25. No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away.
Catherine Marshall
#26. Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and (c) give away what you want the most.
Eve Ensler
#27. A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a life of decency, integrity, and kindness, which is much more challenging and noble, if not always quite as exciting.
Lemony Snicket
#28. My secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.
Douglas Coupland
#29. The pain others give passes away in their later kindness, but that of our own blunders, especially when they hurt our vanity, never passes away
William Butler Yeats
#30. Give children kindness, presence, and respect to help them develop a deeper sense of empathy. The art of seeing and meeting others as they are.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
#31. As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
#32. Obligation
They cannot ask for kindness
Or for mercy plead,
Yet cruel is our blindness
Which does not see their need,
World-over, town or city,
God trusts us with this task:
To give our love and pity
To those who cannot ask.
Edgar A. Guest
#33. The utmost form of respect is to give sincerely of your presence.
Mollie Marti
#34. It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as soon as it touches the glass. Yet when I reach to top off the cups of others, my own spills over. This is the crazy magic of charity.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#35. By becoming forgiving, fill yourself with love, and then, with profound kindness, give it away.
Debasish Mridha
#36. Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.
Immaculee Ilibagiza
#37. Beware of those who are stingy, for they would rather sting you than give you anything.
Suzy Kassem
#38. The kindness of Christmas is the kindness of Christ. To know that God so loved us as to give us His Son for our dearest Brother, has brought human affection to its highest tide on the day of that Brother's birth. If God so loved us, how can we help loving one another?
Maltbie Davenport Babcock
#39. Really to succeed, we must give; of our souls to the soulless, of our love to the lonely, of our intelligence to the dull. Business is quite as much a process of giving as it is of getting.
Alice Foote MacDougall
#40. A little caring, a little love, and a little kindness can give you joy and bring enduring happiness.
Debasish Mridha
#41. Positive people on the other had are not those who deny what is going on around them for some pie-in-the-sky type of thinking. Positive people are very award of the problems, disasters and difficulties that are happening all around them. What they do not do is give into defeat.
John Patrick Hickey
#42. I like Kindness it's something the Government can't tax and it's free to give away that will return to you some day
Stanley Victor Paskavich
#43. Arrogance, disrespect and demand have higher price.
Kindness, respect and tact give better prize.
Angelica Hopes
#44. Speak tenderly; let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.
Mother Teresa
#45. All things are connected, like the blood that runs in your family "The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father." 1854 The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. You must give to the rivers the kindness you would give to any brother.
Chief Seattle
#46. And kindness is a weakness. I can see that now. But it's a weakness I'm still not sure I'd want to give up entirely .
Kallypso Masters
#47. Give and receive; give big and receive big; give freely and receive freely; give poorly and receive poorly.
Israelmore Ayivor
#48. The greatest creative power you have on earth ... is to help others. To ease pain and give joy are your finest powers. Kindness is a human miracle.
Anne Rice
#49. When you fill your heart with love and kindness, the universe will be eager to give you joy and happiness.
Debasish Mridha
#50. We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness ...
Wilferd Peterson
#51. They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz
Fitz-Greene Halleck
#52. The greatest gift that we can give is our forgiveness, kindness, and above all, our pure love.
Debasish Mridha
#53. I think the greatest gifts we can give each other in a relationship are the gifts of kindness and communication.
Jane Green
#54. Kindness, love, patience, understanding, and unity will increase as we serve, while intolerance, jealousy, envy, greed, and selfishness decrease or disappear. The more we give of ourselves, the more our capacity to serve, understand, and love will grow.
CARLOS H. AMADO
#55. There is not enough love and kindness in the world to permit us to give any of it away to imaginary beings.
Friedrich Nietzsche
#56. The greatest gift that you can give to others is kindness.
M. Howson
#57. All at once it occurs to me that I'm the one who needs to give myself the break, to accept myself for who I am.
Liza M. Wiemer
#59. The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.
Bertrand Russell
#60. I know a lot of people think therapy is about sitting around staring at your own navel - but it's staring at your own navel with a goal. And the goal is to one day to see the world in a better way and treat your loved ones with more kindness and have more to give.
Hugh Laurie
#61. Death was kind." He drew a sharp breath. "But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.
Mark Lawrence
#62. I want to see a revolution of kindness, because what happens is, when you're kind and you give, it's infectious. You give one time, and it's a great feeling and you want to do it again and again.
Leigh Anne Tuohy
#63. Human kindness has no reward. You should give to others in every way you see. expect absolutely nothing from anyone. It should be your goal to love every human you encounter. All human suffering that you're aware of and continues without your effort to stop it becomes your crime.
Louis C.K.
#64. Your inner nature is your kind nature, when you give unconditionally, when you are inspired or feel truly motivated and full of vitality
Gyalwa Dokhampa
#65. Truly listening, attentively, and with care, is one of the simplest and most kind gifts we can give anyone.
John Bruna
#66. You attract what you give out. So be loving and kind to attract love and kindness.
Debasish Mridha
#67. Such help as we can give to each other in this world is a debt to each other; and the man who perceives a superiority or a capacity in a subordinate, and neither confesses nor assists it, is not merely the withholder of kindness, but the committer of injury.
John Ruskin
#70. Be kind to everyone you meet.
Give a little bit of yourself to mankind.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#71. If I had to give up my life for anything, it would have to have the resilience of hope, the elation of new literacy, the brilliant life of a field of flowers, the elementary kindness of bread. Nothing short of that. It would have to be something as sure as love.
Barbara Kingsolver
#72. For me, love is an enhanced state of kindness, compassion, service, respect, and humility, an emotion I feel we are all here to give and to receive.
Nathan East
#74. The richest man is he who lives simply but has an abundance of love and kindness to give away.
Debasish Mridha
#75. The male establishment power structure has not really changed its attitude towards women. They did not give these rights to women out of kindness. These rights were fought for by many highly evolved women who cared about the lives of their daughters and granddaughters.
Frederick Lenz
#76. You were thinking you had a chance to do what you always do," said James with kindness I didn't deserve. "You were going to give yourself up in order to save the people you love. It's a bit of a problem with you, you know.
Aimee Carter
#77. Often the best gifts we can give each other cost nothing.
Russ Ramsey
#78. Please Lord ...
May you give me that last one gift, the privilege of manifesting from my lips: Your Greatness, Holiness, Kindness, Love, Mercy, Grace and Magnificence as I draw my last breath, So that all on earth may see that You are GOD Alone.
Timothy Pina
#80. Kindness is a lamp that we should always kindle in our heart. The warmth of it not only make us happy from inside and give light to others. But also makes the world a little more beautiful place everytime it lights the lamps in other hearts.
Akshay Vasu
#81. When you love with kindness it will never give you heartaches.
Debasish Mridha
#83. I don't want your lying kindness. Sure, you'll smile and be so sweet to me that I'll trust you, but the minute I don't give you everything you want the instant you demand it, you'll turn on me and try to crush me. You're just like everyone else in the world. No one matters but you. (Aiden)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#84. The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.
Bob Kerrey
#85. The greatest gift you can give is your time. Not money, not items, not food, not pretty cards with handwritten sentiment, but time. People need your presence. The way you can help a soul the most is to simply be there.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#86. Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.
Christopher Germer
#87. The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
Aretha Franklin
#88. True kindness is not necessarily giving something to someone who is down, but showing them that they still have something to give to get back up.
Charles F. Glassman
#89. Always remember to give yourself the kindness, compassion and consideration you give to others.
Miya Yamanouchi
#90. If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give.
Samson Raphael Hirsch
#91. Through God's grace, he gives us a wealth of resources to bear any burden he allows. Therefore, if God doesn't empty our cup of suffering or take it from us, he will give ample grace (favor, kindness, ability) to bear it.
Jennifer Rothschild
#92. They say talk is cheap. Maybe so. But kindness is even better - it's free! Free to give. Free to receive. Makes you wonder why there's not more of it, huh?
Jerry Spinelli
#93. His life-experiences, and reflections upon them, led Y to believe that the most difficult challenge in life was how to be kind, yet strong. 'To be kind is not enough,' he would say. 'You have to be strong to give to others, and strong to withstand life's fluctuating fortunes.
Arnold Zable
#94. The enjoyment that comes from our acts of kindness give us a glimpse of the world that might be, hopefully our future world. Good natured, friendly, human.
David Dunn
#95. I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella too.
James Stewart
#96. Give what you can, how you can, with your love and kindness.
Debasish Mridha
#98. It's a common form of kindness here on Earth to give people food to take home with them when they leave. We even have special receptacles to carry the food in. It's called Tupperware.
Jory explaining leftovers to Dane
Mary Calmes
#99. PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
Bea Arthur
#100. It is only once you see the baffled expression on the face of your enemy when you give his cruel words a warm smile that you'll understand, truly understand, what love is all about.
Vironika Tugaleva
