Top 200 Be Kind Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don’t forget to have art in your life – music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets.”

— Eric Carle

52. “Being kind is more important than being right.”

— Andy Rooney

53. “Always be nice to people, no matter how bad they are to you, to show them you are not like them.”

— Louis Tomlinson

54. “It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.”

— Aldous Huxley

55. “One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to his opinion, to let him sustain his feeling of importance.”

— Dale Carnegie

56. “When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.”

— William Arthur Ward

57. “Show respect to people who don’t deserve it. Not as a reflection of their character, but of yours.”

— Dave Willis

58. “Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.”

— Leo Tolstoy

59. “Sometimes it’s the little things that count most.”

— Alexandra Adornetto

60. “Compassion is the basis of morality.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

61. “I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.”

— Veronica Roth

62. “To move forward you have to give back.”

— Oprah Winfrey

63. “In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

— Albert Schweitzer

64. “You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give, the more you will have!”

— W. Clement Stone

65. “Truth and love will overcome lies and hatred.”

— Václav Havel

66. “We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.”

— Ben Carson

67. “But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”

— Rick Riordan

68. “Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.”

— Mother Teresa

69. “Everything you do right now ripples outward and affects everyone. Your posture can shine your heart or transmit anxiety. Your breath can radiate love or muddy the room in depression. Your glance can awaken joy. Your words can inspire freedom. Your every act can open hearts and minds.”

— David Deida

70. “I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world.”

— Lionel Messi

71. “A smile can change the situation of the world.”

— Nhat Hanh

72. “Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.”

— Simon Sinek

73. “Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

74. “We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

75. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

— Lao Tzu

76. “Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse, walk a mile in my shoes.”

— Elvis Presley

77. “Love looks around to see who is in need.”

— T. B. Joshua

78. “Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

79. “With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

80. “Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

81. “When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. This is the law of nature.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

82. “We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.”

— Desmond Tutu

83. “The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.”

— Henry David Thoreau

84. “Teach us to give and not to count the cost.”

— Ignatius of Loyola

85. “The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people.”

— Bryant McGill

86. “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

87. “Compassion is a verb.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

88. “The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”

— Muhammad Ali

89. “Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable.”

— Gary L. Francione

90. “Don’t judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.”

— Sharon Creech

91. “Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.”

— Zoroaster

92. “Bullying is not okay. Period.”

— Jim C. Hines

93. “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.”

— Rick Warren

94. “Our problems are not solved by physical force, by hatred, by war. Our problems are solved by loving kindness, by gentleness, by joy.”

— Buddha

95. “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

96. “Live, and be happy, and make others so.”

— Mary Shelley

97. “We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.”

— Billy Graham

98. “If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.”

— Leo Tolstoy

99. “Develop an ‘attitude of gratitude.’ Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.”

— Brian Tracy

100. “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”

— Khalil Gibran