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Famous Act Of Kindness Quotes

Every act of kindness is potent and lingers long in the heart of the recipient. — Sayings

A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life. — Roy T. Bennett

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 of Wales Diana

Kindness gives birth to kindness. — Sophocles

Kindness is the touch of an angel's hand. — James Leonard Gordon

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. - Oscar Wilde

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. — Oscar Wilde

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. - Kahlil Gibran

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. — Kahlil Gibran

Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else. — Misha Collins

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life. — Jackie Chan

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. — Jack Canfield

Kindness begets kindness evermore. — Sophocles

Never underestimate the power of kindness. Small acts of goodness can make a big difference in someone’s life. — Edward Barber

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. — Maurice Maeterlinck

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. — Sophocles

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

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

Short Act Of Kindness Quotes

  • Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude. — Confucius
  • No Act of Kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop
  • How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time. — Morgan Freeman
  • There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness. — Catherine Ryan Hyde
  • Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him. — Frank A. Clark
  • Kindness can pluck the whiskers of a lion. — Moroccan Proverbs
  • Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you. — Wayne Dyer
  • A small act is worth a million thoughts. — Ai Weiwei
  • Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always. — Sophocles
  • The art of being kind is all the world needs. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Top 10 Act Of Kindness Quotes

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. — Leo Buscaglia

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. — Maya Angelou

That best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. — William Wordsworth

We believe America is practicing all kinds of terrorism against Libya. Even the accusation that we are involved in terrorism is in itself an act of terrorism. — Muammar al-Gaddafi

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. — Amelia Earhart

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world. — Misha Collins

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be. — Ai Weiwei

The best portion of a good man's life is in his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. — William Wordsworth

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. — Dalai Lama

Act Of Kindness Image Quotes

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. - Audrey Hepburn quote

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. — Audrey Hepburn

Act of kindness quote Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with condit
Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.

Random Act Of Kindness Quotes

People will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. - Ashleigh Brilliant

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. — Ashleigh Brilliant

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch. - Leo Buscaglia

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch. — Leo Buscaglia

Act of kindness quote Carry out a randon act of kindness, with no expectations of reward, safe in the knowledge that one d
Carry out a randon act of kindness, with no expectations of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

Random acts of kindness is the worst thing like f**k off honestly. — PewDiePie

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. — Kahlil Gibran

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world. - Harold S. Kushner

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world. — Harold S. Kushner

Act of kindness quote Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it! — George Elliston

People talk about random acts of kindness, and that goes back to the measure of being gentlemanly again. It's about having consideration for others, and not expecting anything back. That's the difference. — Simon Baker

Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter. — Dawna Markova

Small Act Of Kindness Quotes

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay small acts of kindness and love. — Peter Jackson

The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days. — Stephen Jay Gould

The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn't some broad, general outline--it's a long walk with a real Person. Details count: passing thoughts, small sacrifices, a few encouraging words, little acts of kindness, brief victories over nagging sins. — Joni Eareckson Tada

Act of kindness quote Kind souls think kind thoughts, do kind acts and say kind words.
Kind souls think kind thoughts, do kind acts and say kind words.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves. — Amelia Earhart

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves. — Amelia Earhart

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. — Aesop

Act of kindness quote Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest co
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. — Dalai Lama

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer. — Mahatma Gandhi

Kindly politeness is the slow fruit of advanced reflection; it is a sort of humanity and kindliness applied to small acts and every day discourse: it bids man soften towards others, and forget himself for the sake of others: it constrains genuine nature, which is selfish and gross. — Hippolyte Taine

The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. — Victor Hugo

Simple Act Of Kindness Quotes

You can always-always-give something, even if it's a simple act of kindness! If everyone were to give in this way and didn't scrimp on kindly words, there would be much more love and justice in the world! — Anne Frank

Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of love are the simple acts of kindness and caring we extend to those we meet along the path of life. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community. — Paul Bloom

Act of kindness quote Do all things with kindness.
Do all things with kindness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. — Seneca

By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too. — Unknown

Love and kindness are never wasted. — Barbara De Angelis

Act of kindness quote How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.
How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you. — Chris Abani

See here, if a simple act of kindness or generosity, such as buying a loaf of bread for some poor working women, can mean that wholesale death and destruction will be avoided - why, a man would be a monster who had it in his power to alleviate all that suffering yet stood by and did nothing. — Stephen R. Lawhead

Such simple and steady acts of kindness are the essence of love, the substance of life. All of us need love; all of us want love. Everything else is a consolation prize. What matters is love. — Lloyd D. Newell

The simple act of having a camera, not a cell phone, but a camera-camera, there’s a kind of a heightened perceptional awareness that occurs. Like, I could walk from here to the highway in two minutes, but if I had a camera, that walk could take me two hours. — Jerry Uelsmann

A Little Act Of Kindness Quotes

Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy. — Sivananda

Do your little bit of good where you are. — Desmond Tutu

Kind thoughts increase the flow of vital energy into your body and mind. Do kind acts now. Do not procrastinate. Kindness is like a healing balm. It soothes suffering... Little drops of water make the mighty ocean. Even so, little acts of kindness make an ocean of goodwill. — Sivananda

Act of kindness quote Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act create a ripple with no logical
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act create a ripple with no logical end

That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. — William Wordsworth

When you do a four-camera sitcom, everything is a little schtickier. It’s not necessarily that you pick up bad habits, but there is just a very specific way of acting that you fall into on those kinds of multicamera shows, and you have to break those habits when you go in to do other things. — Mila Kunis

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life. — William Wordsworth

Act of kindness quote A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.

[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done - mixing writing, photography, and real spaces. There are all kinds of acts of love. — Annette Messager

My grandmother and I would go see movies, and we'd come back to the apartment - we had a one-room apartment in Hollywood - and I would kind of lock myself in this little dressing room area with a cracked mirror on the door and act out what I had just seen. — Carol Burnett

Acting is fun. I enjoy it, but there is just not many opportunities to do it on a serious level. It is kind of either bad community musicals, or if you are lucky enough to be cast in something serious. I feel like you really have to be going after it, and for me I am a little bit distracted. — Thomston

I always have to pretend I'm somebody else to give the best performance. It kind of feels like I'm acting; it's definitely an exaggerated version of me. I'm a very normal, down-to-earth person, but I wanted the videos to be striking, so I have to lay it on a little bit. — Jessie Ware

One Act Of Kindness Quotes

Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return. — Katharine Hepburn

I put on an act sometimes, and people think I’m insensitive. Really, it’s like a kind of armor because I’m too sensitive. If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn’t like me, I’ve got to get out. — Marlon Brando

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. — Mahatma Gandhi

Act of kindness quote Do one act of kindness each day of the year and change 365 lives.
Do one act of kindness each day of the year and change 365 lives.

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. — Mahatma Gandhi

I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. — Edward Everett

Any kind of self-concern, including a self-concern that leads one to shut down and give up (as, for example, a fear to fail) is itself a kind of pride. Feeling depressed that I am worse than others is as much an act of pride as feeling myself better. Both are acts of self-concern. — James E. Ferrell

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

To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it. — Betty Williams

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not - more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving. — Beverly Sills

I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough. That's all you have to do. It's no big deal. One act of kindness a day can do it. — Betty Williams

Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you. — Confucius

Kind Gesture Quotes

With one kind gesture you can change a life. One person at a time you can change the world. One day at a time we can change everything. — Steve Maraboli

While I was the mayor of Bogotá, I received occasional death threats. Therefore, I had to use a bullet-proof vest. I made a hole right where my heart is. The hole was in the shape of a heart. I believe this kind of gesture, gave me indeed more protection. — Antanas Mockus

How easily we ignore or forget the small kindnesses and considerations in life which are really the only everyday magic we witness on a regular basis. Just think- to make happiness out of nothing more than a few kind words or a generous gesture. — Jonathan Carroll

A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

When white-collar people get jobs, they sell not only their time and energy, but their personalities as well. They sell by the week, or month, their smiles and their kindly gestures, and they must practice that prompt repression of resentment and aggression. — C. Wright Mills

Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. — Steve Maraboli

The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture. — Kenneth Langone

Nurturing is not complex. It's simply being tuned in to the thing or person before you and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time. — Mary Anne Radmacher

The most romantic things are very small, kind gestures from people you love. — Douglas Booth

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow. — F. Murray Abraham

Small Acts Of Kindness Quotes

Remember that the biggest thing you could do today is a small act of kindness. — Cory Booker

You cannot do a kindness too soon. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. — Amelia Earhart

The happiness of life may be greatly increased by small courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affectionate looks, and little kind acts of attention. — Laurence Sterne

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world. — Mary Anne Radmacher

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless? — Anne Tyler

That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place. — Bellamy Young

Small acts of kindness between you and the individuals around you are the germination of hope. — Bryant H. McGill

The creative act is also in a small way a suffering act - we start out with our ego, this hope of making this thing whatever it be, but so often it eludes us and it collapses and we kind of regress into this mental suffering, we can't find what we're looking for. — Michael Leunig

When autumn darkness falls, what we will remember are the small acts of kindness: a cake, a hug, an invitation to talk, and every single rose. These are all expressions of a nation coming together and caring about its people. — Jens Stoltenberg

Random Kindness Quotes

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. — Doug Coupland

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. — Douglas Coupland

When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel. — Harold S. Kushner

You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today — Joyce Meyer

There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if there were no exceptions, no sunny days, no acts of random kindness. — T.C. Boyle

The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people. — Walid Jumblatt

Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody. — Brad Montague

Practice random acts of kindness, the world needs it more than you think — Boonaa Mohammed

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship. — Saint Basil

There is not much mental distance between a feeling of having been screwed and the ethic of total retaliation, or at least the kind of random revenge that comes with outraging the public decency. — Hunter S. Thompson

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More Act Of Kindness Quotes

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world. — Ellen G. White

Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness. — Fulton J. Sheen

It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act. — Stanley Milgram

Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, "I can clean that if you want." And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin. — Max Lucado

Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you. — Princess Diana

It is not an act of kindness to treat animals respectfully. It is an act of justice. — Tom Regan

If we serve Jesus then every act & thought has meaning. Acts of kindness aren't just niceties, they become acts of worship. — John Wimber

Where the heart is full of kindness which seeks no injury to another, either in act or thought or wish, this full love creates an atmosphere of harmony, whose benign power touches with healing all who come within its influence. Peace in the heart radiates peace to other hearts, even more surely than contention breeds contention. — Patanjali

A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. — Sean Bean

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. — Mao Zedong

If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made you unkind, belligerent, cruel, of self-righteous, or if it led you to kill in God's name, it was bad theology. — Karen Armstrong

There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid. — Theodore Roosevelt

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