“TO BE RICH IN ADMIRATION AND FREE FROM ENVY, TO REJOICE GREATLY IN THE GOOD OF OTHERS, TO LOVE WITH SUCH GENEROSITY OF HEART THAT YOUR LOVE IS STILL A DEAR POSSESSION IN ABSENCE OR UNKINDNESS - THESE ARE THE GIFTS WHICH MONEY CANNOT BUY.”
—Robert Louis Stevenson
Other kindness quotations you might like:
“KIND WORDS CAN BE SHORT AND EASY TO SPEAK BUT THEIR ECHOES ARE TRULY ENDLESS”
—Mother Teresa
“THE BEST INDEX TO A PERSON’S CHARACTER IS HOW HE TREATS PEOPLE WHO CAN’T DO HIM ANY GOOD–AND HOW HE TREATS PEOPLE WHO CAN’T FIGHT BACK.”
—Abigail Van Buren
“KINDNESS IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO SPEAK WITH LOVE, LISTEN WITH PATIENCE AND ACT WITH COMPASSION.”
—RAKtivist
“GOOD WORDS BRING GOOD FEELINGS TO THE HEART. SPEAK WITH KINDNESS, ALWAYS. ”
—Rod Williams
“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.”
—Saint Basil
“KINDNESS IS IGNITING A LIGHT IN SOMEONE ELSE FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN TO WATCH THEM ENJOY THE GLOW.”
—RAKtivist
“I HAVE NEVER MET A PERSON WHOSE GREATEST NEED WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN REAL, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. YOU CAN FIND IT IN A SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS TOWARD SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP. THERE IS NO MISTAKING LOVE…IT IS THE COMMON FIBER OF LIFE, THE FLAME THAT HEATS OUR SOUL, ENERGIZES OUR SPIRIT AND SUPPLIES PASSION TO OUR LIVES.”
—Elisabeth KГјbler-Ross
“CONSTANT KINDNESS CAN ACCOMPLISH MUCH. AS THE SUN MAKES ICE MELT, KINDNESS CAUSES MISUNDERSTANDING, MISTRUST, AND HOSTILITY TO EVAPORATE”
—Albert Schweitzer
“ASK YOURSELF: HAVE YOU BEEN KIND TODAY? MAKE KINDNESS YOUR MODUS OPERANDI AND CHANGE YOUR WORLD. ”
—Annie Lennox