“To kindness and love, the things we need most!”
Grinch
“Make kindness the norm®”
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
“Kindness is doing what you can, where you are, with what you have.”
RAKtivist
“How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time”
Morgan Freeman
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
“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
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the figure of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“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 Kübler-Ross
“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.”
Audrey Hepburn
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“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
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Life is mostly froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in our own.”
Adam Lindsay Gordon
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
Aesop
“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth”
Albert Einstein
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
Albert Schweitzer
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
Amelia Earhart
“Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light. You'll never know how much your caring matters. Make a difference for another today.”
Amy Leigh Mercree
“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your modus operandi and change your world. ”
Annie Lennox
“Kind people are the best kind of people.”
Unknown
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.”
Bob Kerrey
“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world”
Buddha
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.”
Charlie Chaplin
“Forget injuries; never forget kindness.”
Confucius
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Dalai Lama
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible”
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
Desmond Tutu
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
Dr. Seuss
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
Edith Wharton
“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
Eric Hoffer
“Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.”
Frank A. Clark
“How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it!”
George Elliston
“When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world”
Harold Kushner
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.”
Helen James
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”
Henry James
“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
James M. Barrie
“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves”
James Matthew Barrie
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make”
Jane Goodall
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
Jean Jacques Rousseau
“In the end only kindness matters”
Jewel
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”
Kahlil Gibran
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention”
“Wherever there is a human in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference.”
Kevin Heath
“No act of kindness is too small. The gift of kindness may start as a small ripple that over time can turn into a tidal wave affecting the lives of many.”
“Kind hearts are the gardens. Kind thoughts are the roots. Kind words are the blossoms. Kind deeds are the fruits.”
Kirpal Singh
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love”
Lao Tzu
“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”
Lucy Larcom
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has”
Margaret Mead
“The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.”
“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud”
“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
“You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force”
Publilius Syrus
“Being kind is giving even when it seems like you have nothing to give.”
“Kindness is making someone smile if only for a moment.”
“Kindness can be the greatest gift that you can give a person. Especially when they are not expecting it.”
“Kindness is the the mark we leave on the world.”
“Kindness is igniting a light in someone else for no reason other than to watch them enjoy the glow.”
“Kindness means taking your positive energy and spreading it to the world around you.”
“Kindness is the ability and desire to have a positive impact on others.”
“Kindness is compassion and love in perfect harmony.”
“Kindness is loving yourself enough to love those around you.”
“Kindness is the most important tool to spread love among humanity.”
“Kindness is love made visible...”
H. Swanepoel, RAKtivist
“Kindness is extending yourself in a way that uplifts another human being”
“Kindness is spreading sunshine into other people's lives regardless of the weather.”
“Kindness is choosing love over hate, light over darkness, compassion over judgement.”
“Kindness begins with me.”
“Kindness is doing ordinary things with extraordinary love. ”
“Kindness is having a generous heart and having a selfless personality.”
“Kindness is simple. It is seeing the good in everyone, and celebrating it.”
“Kindness is free to give, but priceless to receive.”
“Kindness is caring for others, even when they may not care for you.”
“Kindness is like watching the sun begin to shine through the clouds after a rainy day.”
“Kindness is helping the world, one person at a time.”
“Kindness is sharing the best parts of our hearts with those around us.”
“Kindness is pulling someone up after they've been knocked down.”
“Kindness is going outside of your comfort zone to let people know that they are important and loved.”
“Kindness is our very own pixie fairy dust, it gives people the ability to soar and not just fly.”
“Kindness is being someone who makes everyone feel like a somebody.”
“Kindness can make a bad day good, and a good day better.”
“Kindness is like a seed that when cultivated can grow and grow and grow.”
“Kindness is the ability to know what the right thing to do is and having the courage to do it!!”
“Kindness is giving hope to those who think they are all alone in this world.”
“Kindness is seeing the best in others when they cannot see it in themselves.”
“Kindness is something anyone can give without losing anything themselves.”
“Kindness is not what you do, but who you are.”
“Kindness is lighting someone else's torch with your own inner flame.”
“Kindness is choosing to acknowledge and celebrate the beauty in others, regardless of whether or not they can find it in themselves.”
“Kindness is realizing that we're all in this together.”
“Kindness is having the ability to speak with love, listen with patience and act with compassion.”
“Kindness is a silent smile, a friendly word, a nod of encouragement. Kindness is the single most powerful thing we can teach children.”
“Kindness is a VAST color that only your heart knows how to paint.”
“Kindness to me means doing things for the cause and not the applause.”
“Kindness means building bridges instead of walls.”
“You cannot do a kindness to soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We rise by lifting others.”
Robert Ingersoll
“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
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give”
Sir Winston Churchill
“Be so good they can't ignore you”
Steve Martin
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
Tennessee Williams
“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.”
The 14th Dalai Lama
“Kindness has a beautiful way of reaching down into a weary heart and making it shine like the rising sun”
“If you can be anything, be kind”
“Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give”
“If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. The world needs more of that. ”
“Our days are happier when we give people a piece of our heart rather than a piece of our mind”
“Educating the mind without educating the heart, is no education at all.”
“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
Vincent Van Gogh
“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness”
William Arthur Ward
“A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.”
William John Bennett
“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”
William Penn
“Life is an echo. What you send out, comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you.”
Zig Ziglar
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”
Helen Keller
“Let us remember: one book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”
Malala Yousafzai
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
Robin Williams
“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”
Swami Sivananda
“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.”
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
Roy T. Bennett
““Be a little kinder than you have to.””
E. Bennett
““This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.” ”
Dalai Lama XIV
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
“Go be kind”
“Kindness starts with one.”
“We get so worried about being pretty. Let's be pretty kind. Pretty funny. Pretty smart. Pretty strong.”
Britt Nicole
“Happiness is the new rich. Inner peace is the new success. Health is the new wealth. Kindness is the new cool.”
Syed Balkhi
“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
“Kindness is free; let's pass it on”
“Believe there is good in the world”
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind”
“The world is full of kind people... If you can't find one, be one”
“We don't have to agree on anything to be kind to one another”
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