Kindness Quotes - page 2

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. (Marcel Proust)
Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life. View quote
Isaac Bashevis Singer
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
Liberty, equality - bad principles The only true principle for humanity is justice and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness. View quote
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
I've always depended on the kindness of strangers. View quote
Tennessee Williams
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you. View quote
Samuel Johnson
A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship. View quote
Emanuel Swedenborg
When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless. View quote
Willa Cather
Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later. View quote
Alice Munro
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. View quote
George Santayana
Political nationalism has become, for the European of our age the most important thing in the world, more important than civilization, humanity, decency, kindness, pity, more important than life itself. (Norman Angell)
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. View quote
Benjamin Franklin
Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around. View quote
Penn Jillette
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness. View quote
Anne Brontë
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. View quote
Barbara De Angelis
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. View quote
Eric Hoffer
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love. View quote
William Shakespeare
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness. View quote
C. S. Lewis
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. View quote
Laozi
The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey. View quote
Diana, Princess of Wales
It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. (Nellie Bly)
I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives. View quote
Rebecca Wells
People just deserve to be treated with kindness. View quote
Sophia Bush
I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness. View quote
Sofia Vergara
I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour. View quote
Tamara Mellon