120+ Kindness Quotes - Random Acts of Kindness Quotes

March 22, 2022

One hundred and sixty strong and inspirational kindness quotes to help you become a more compassionate, giving, loving, and humble person. One hundred and sixty strong and inspirational kindness quotes to help you become a more compassionate, giving, loving, and humble person.

One quality that defines a beautiful person is kindness. Kind people go above and beyond to assist others because it's the right thing to do, not because they have to. Sincere good people quietly perform random acts of kindness with no expectation of reward. 


Kindness Quotes
Kindness Quotes

Kindness Quotes

  • Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. Confucius
  • “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
  • The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. Kahlil Gibran
  • “Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.” – Andrew Iskander
  • The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. Hada Bejar
  • “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” – Scott Adams
  • Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth. C. A. Bartol
  • “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
  • An egoist lives in poverty. A kind person lives in abundance. Maxime Lagacé
  • “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • “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
  • Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. Blaise Pascal  ,

Quotes on Kindness and Generosity

Quotes on Kindness and Generosity

  • “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” – Jackie Chan
  • Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. Marlene Dietrich
  • Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up. Jesse Jackson
  • I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind. Neil Gaiman
  • Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain
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  • We rise by lifting others. Robert Ingersoll
  • One can’t be kind to one person and cruel to another. Morarji Desai.  


Compassion Quotes
Compassion Quotes

Compassion Quotes

  • A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. Thomas Carlyle
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  • There’s no such things as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. Scott Adams
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  • Politeness is the flower of humanity. Joseph Joubert 
  • Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. Robert Brault
  • Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter. Sam Altman
  • Kids want to appear tough and independent. Adults want to appear kind and perfect. The wise are just kind. Maxime Lagacé
  • No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
  • A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. John Ruskin 
Act of kindness Quotes
Act of kindness Quotes

Act of kindness Quotes

  • You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. Publilius Syrus
  • Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. William Makepeace Thackeray
  • When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • Never be so kind, you forget to be clever. Never be so clever, you forget to be kind. Taylor Swift
  • Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him. Frank A. Clark 
  • It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer
  • The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission. George MacDonald
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  • How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. William Shakespeare
  • Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. Og Mandino
  • Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right. Haruki Murakami
  • Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most.
  • Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused. Tommy Lee Jones
  • Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. Saint Francis de Sales 
kindness quotes by famous people
kindness quotes by famous people

kindness quotes by famous people

  • My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. 14th Dalai Lama
  • Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius
  • Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu
  • Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. Seneca
  • There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness. Cicero
  • Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Kahlil Gibran
  • Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. Bill Gates
  • When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. Maya Angelou
  • When words are both true and kind, they can change the world. Buddha
  • The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard. Henry David Thoreau
  • Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. 14th Dalai Lama
  • Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. William Shakespeare
  • Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us. Pope Francis
  • Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa
  • Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs. Coco Chanel
  • The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth. Albert Einstein
  • The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi
  • Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle. Ian Maclaren
  • For it is in giving that we receive. Francis of Assisi
  • In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi
Short kindness quotes
Short kindness quotes

Short kindness quotes

  • Kindness gives birth to kindness. Sophocles
  • Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions. Kiana Tom
  • Be as successful as you want, but if you’re unkind, you’re not. Maxime Lagacé
  • Only the gentle are powerful. Maxime Lagacé
  • Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. Max Irons
  • Kindness is wisdom. Philip James Bailey
  • Kindness is showing someone they matter. Unknown
  • Kill them with kindness, slay them with a smile. Caesar (The Goodbye Man)
  • Always be a little kinder than necessary. James M. Barrie
  • Tenderness is a virtue. Oliver Goldsmith
  • Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. Sophocles
  • Small acts of kindness add up, and in the end may save the world. Lex Fridman
  • We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. Frederick William Robertson
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  • Praise by name, criticize by category. Warren Buffett
  • Be a little kinder than you have to. E. Lockhart
  • How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! George Elliston
  • Be kind to the living. James McBride
  • Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. Teresa of Avila
  • Being nice is a competitive advantage. Anthony Pompliano
  • Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Unknown
  • Men are cruel, but Man is kind. Rabindranath Tagore
  • You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • It doesn’t do any good to argue. Be kind. Richard G. Scott
  • The most beautiful family is based respect. The most beautiful relationship is based on love. The most beautiful world in based on kindness. Maxime Lagacé
  • Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. Robert Green Ingersoll
  • To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. Confucius
  • Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. Evelyn Underhill 
Compassion and Humility Quotes
Compassion and Humility Quotes

Compassion and Humility Quotes

  • A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string. George Dennison Prentice
  • It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn’t matter. Because I think it’s pretty much the only thing that matters. Josh Radnor
  • A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. Francis of Assisi 
  • Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home. Kin Hubbard
  • Genuine kindness is no ordinary act, but a gift of rare beauty. Sylvia Rossetti
  • Concentrate on what you have to do. Fix your eyes on it. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being; remind yourself what nature demands of people. Then do it, without hesitation, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy. Marcus Aurelius
  • One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • The luckier you are the nicer you should be and the nicer you are the luckier you’ll be. Morgan Housel 
  • It’s wise to be kind. It’s wiser to be kind and truthful. Maxime Lagacé
  • Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. John Wesley
  • We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead. Roy T. Bennett 
  • I am not and never will be perfect. I am not always as honest, respectful, responsible, fair or as kind as I should be. All I can do is what I should do: strive every day, with every decision to be the best person I can be. I don’t expect to be perfect but I know I can be better. Michael Josephson
  • When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. Saint Francis de Sales
  • No matter how educated, talented or rich you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all. Vala Afshar 
  • So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind, while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • The true and noble way to kill a foe, is not to kill him, – you, with kindness, may so change him, that he shall cease to be so, and then he’s slain.Unknown
  • We are the leaves of one branch, the drops of one sea, the flowers of one garden. Jean Baptiste Henry Lacordair
  • The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind. Ingrid Newkirk