Kindness Quotes :: McIvor & Company - Putting the HUMAN back into human resources

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

Aesop

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read"

Mark Twain

"The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in that kindness will flow, for kindness grows in this way."

Roberta Alan

"A kind and compassionate act is often its own rewards."

William John Bennet

"Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, pass it on. Let it travel down the years, let it wipe another's tears, till in heaven the deed appears, pass it on."

Henry Burton

"Fair and softly goes far."

Miguel de Cervantes

"If you were busy being kind, before you knew it, you would find you'd soon forget to think 'twas true that someone was unkind to you. If you were busy being glad, and cheering people who are sad, although your heart might ache a bit, you'd soon forget to notice it."

R. Foreman

"As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech."

Katherine Francke

"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together."

Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity into smiles."

Roberta Alan

"A kind and compassionate act is often its own rewards."

Washington Irving

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."

Mother Teresa

"If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act, you have neglected much, and most of all yourself."

A. Neilen

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."

Blaire Pascal

"One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind."

Malayan proverb

"Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will."

Randolph Ray

"Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve"

Jacqueline Schiff

"One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession."

Sophocles

"Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do."

Emanuel Swedenborg

"You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force."

Publilius Syrus

"Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself."

St. Teresa of Avila

"Business will continue to go where invited and remain were appreciated."

Unknown

"If your words are soft and sweet, they won't be as hard to swallow if you have to eat them."

Unknown

"Kindness and honesty can only be expected from the strong."

Unknown

"Kindness has more power than compulsion."

Unknown

"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

"Little kindness...will broaden your heart, and slowly you will habituate yourself to helping your fellow man in many ways."

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