160 Random Kindness Quotes

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Famous Random Kindness Quotes

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

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

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time. - Morgan Freeman

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time. — Morgan Freeman

Kindness begets kindness evermore. — Sophocles

Kindness gives birth to kindness. — Sophocles

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you. — Wayne Dyer

Real kindness seeks no return. - Thiruvalluvar

Real kindness seeks no return. — Thiruvalluvar

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

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

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. — Sophocles

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

Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always. — Sophocles

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

Kindness is always fashionable. — Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Short Random Kindness Quotes

  • Kindness is the touch of an angel's hand. — James Leonard Gordon
  • Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him. — Frank A. Clark
  • The art of being kind is all the world needs. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it! — George Elliston
  • Shape your world by doing a kind deed for a different person everyday. — Susan McCann
  • There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness. — Catherine Ryan Hyde
  • Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude. — Confucius
  • Kindness can pluck the whiskers of a lion. — Moroccan Proverbs
  • Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency. — Alan Cohen
  • The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days. — Stephen Jay Gould

Random Kindness Image Quotes

Random kindness quote The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, he
The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lover of all kinds.

Act Of Random Kindness Quotes

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

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

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

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

Random kindness quote In a world where you can be anything - be kind.
In a world where you can be anything - be kind.

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

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

Random Acts Of Kindness Quotes

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

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

Random kindness quote Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

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

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

Random kindness quote At the end of the game the kind and the pawn go back in the same box.
At the end of the game the kind and the pawn go back in the same box.

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

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

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

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

Small Acts Of Kindness Quotes

No Act of Kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

No Act of Kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop

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

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

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

Random kindness quote Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

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

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

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

Random kindness quote Have courage and be kind.
Have courage and be kind.

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

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

Simple Acts 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

Random kindness quote Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers.
Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers.

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

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

Random kindness quote There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.

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

Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness. — Mary Pipher

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

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

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

Random kindness quote Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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

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

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

Random kindness quote Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you test first and the lesson afterward.
Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you test first and the lesson afterward.

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

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

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

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

Power Of Kindness Quotes

Love is such a powerful force. It's there for everyone to embrace-that kind of unconditional love for all of humankind. That is the kind of love that impels people to go into the community and try to change conditions for others, to take risks for what they believe in. — Coretta Scott King

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. — Louisa May Alcott

It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism. — Noam Chomsky

Random 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.

To be a lighthouse, you must be strong enough to resist every kind of storm, to every kind of loneliness and you must have a powerful light inside you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief. — Edmund Burke

Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind. — Charles Capps

I tend to think having that extreme of color, that kind of black, is amazingly beautiful...and powerful. What I was thinking to do with my image was to reclaim the image of blackness as an emblem of power. — Kerry James Marshall

Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don't have to be swept away by your feeling. You can respond with wisdom and kindness rather than habit and reactivity. — Henepola Gunaratana

Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world. — Andy Andrews

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. — Susan Sarandon

Words Of Kindness Quotes

When someone isn’t smart enough to express their frustration, they use dirty words. Those are words that describe a lack of intelligence. Smart people don’t use those kind of dirty words, because they find it an insult to their intelligence. — Nouman Ali Khan

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' — Max Planck

Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. — Dale Carnegie

Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. — Therese of Lisieux

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. - Wendy Mass

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. — Wendy Mass

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity. — Confucius

My favorite name for a color is "puce." It's kind of a dried blood color. It's a hideous color. But I love the word. It's so euphonic. But my favorite colors are lavender, purple, periwinkle blue, and white. — Elizabeth Taylor

He who plants kindness gathers love. — Saint Basil

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

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 Kindnesses Quotes

Never forget benefits done you, regardless how small. — Vietnamese Proverbs

The small things in life often show a big heart. — Changpeng Zhao

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses. — Charles de Lint

Sometimes I need people around me to remind me, to keep enjoying the small things. — Ellyse Perry

The world is divided into three kinds of people: A very small group that makes things happen; a somewhat larger group that watches things happen; and a great multitude that never knows what has happened. — Nicholas Murray Butler

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort. — Sir Humphrey Davy

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends. — Eminem

Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime. — Richard Carlson

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! — Anne Frank

Never despise small beginnings, and don't belittle your own accomplishments. Remember them and use them as inspiration as you go on to the next thing. When you venture outside your comfort zone, wherever the starting point may be, it's kind of a big deal. — Chris Guillebeau

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More Random Kindness Quotes

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

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

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

One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full of that kind of stuff, whether it's true or untrue. It staggers me: why, in the short space assigned to a person or an event, that kind of random information is there. To be honest, that's wonderful fuel for songwriting. — Nick Cave

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

Detroit was kind of a random thing where it was like a chance to be in a rock 'n' roll movie. — Edward Furlong

Story ideas, but it's also musing on stuff that I'm thinking about. This leads me to this and this leads me to this. They're kind of random and haphazard. Often I can't find anything. Somehow, by doing that, even though I don't necessarily refer to them in a specific way, I have some sort of architecture in my head. — Charlie Kaufman

Because to me, there is no logic of any kind behind misogyny. Therefore, it’s funny, because it’s so completely random to me. It’s senseless. — Joss Whedon

I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it. — Toni Cade Bambara

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption. — Ian Hacking

In the year that I take off, I don't have any goals. I just surrender to experiences like traveling or learning yoga and meditation or just living in a completely random place like Mongolia or Portugal or Bhutan. Then when I come back, I am much more intuitive, creative, right-brained. That kind of system has been working very well for me. — Karan Bajaj

My Sims family is called the Cholly family. I don't know why I picked that name; it's kind of random. — Gerard Way

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 or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you. — Princess of Wales Diana

Treat yourself and others with kindness when you eat, exercise, play, work, love, and everything else. When you think, feel, and act kindly, you hasten your ability to connect to the power of intention. — Wayne Dyer

The cumulative nature of the evolutionary process, the fact that memory is preserved, means that life grows not just through a random proliferation of new forms, but there's a kind of cumulative quality. — Rupert Sheldrake

Let your kids observe you doing random acts of kindness, it can be contagious — Kevin Heath

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