Top 40 Kindness Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.”

— Dale Carnegie

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

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes

3. “Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.”

— Jeff Bezos

Also featured in: Choices Quotes

4. “And you can always, always, give kindness.”

— Anne Frank

5. “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”

— John F. Kennedy

6. “Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Mistake Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

7. “Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.”

— Pema Chödrön

8. “Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.”

— Roald Dahl

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

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Quotes About Believing, Evil Quotes

10. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”

— Anne Frank

11. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Humility Quotes

12. “A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”

— Joseph Joubert

13. “Stop. Take 3 deep breaths and smile everywhere in your body, observing what’s happening in your body. Proceed now with kindness and understanding.”

— Deepak Chopra

Also featured in: Understanding Quotes, Quotes About the Body

14. “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.”

— Max Lucado

15. “Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.”

— Ashleigh Brilliant

16. “You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.”

— Cheryl Strayed

17. “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Also featured in: Respect Quotes, Character Quotes

18. “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”

— Amelia Earhart

Also featured in: Compassion Quotes

19. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.”

— Blaise Pascal

Also featured in: Character Quotes

20. “Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Smile Quotes, Quotes About Laughter

21. “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”

— William Arthur Ward

Also featured in: Smile Quotes

22. “I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.”

— Roald Dahl

Also featured in: Quotes About Numbers

23. “Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Yoga Quotes

24. “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”

— Arthur Ashe

Also featured in: Teaching Quotes

25. “I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.”

— Mary Oliver

26. “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

27. “Don’t just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it’s about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect.”

— Colin Powell

Also featured in: Passion Quotes

28. “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

— Audrey Hepburn

Also featured in: Beautiful Quotes

29. “I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

Also featured in: Quotes About Laughter

30. “Kindness is always fashionable.”

— Amelia E. Barr

31. “Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”

— David Mitchell

Also featured in: Past Quotes

32. “A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”

— Dave Barry

33. “Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.”

— Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Real Quotes

34. “It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”

— Erma Bombeck

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

35. “I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I’m at war with myself I ride, I just ride.”

— Lana Del Rey

36. “I’m a kind person, I’m kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you’ll remember me for.”

— Al Capone

37. “Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Education Quotes

38. “Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God’s favor.”

— D.L. Moody

39. “Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”

— C.G. Jung

40. “When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.”

— Susan Sarandon

Also featured in: Imagination Quotes