Top 200 Kindness Quotes (2025 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

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2. “No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

— Taylor Swift

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3. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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4. “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

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5. “Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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6. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

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7. “You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today.”

— Joyce Meyer

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8. “Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.”

— Bahá'u'lláh

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9. “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”

— Mother Teresa

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10. “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

— Mother Teresa

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11. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

— Maya Angelou

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12. “Don’t give to get. Give to inspire others to give.”

— Simon Sinek

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13. “Self-compassion is key because when we’re able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we’re more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.”

— Brené Brown

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14. “If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

— Fred Rogers

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15. “Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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16. “Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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17. “I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Buddha

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19. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”

— Anne Frank

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20. “Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.”

— Jane Goodall

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21. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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22. “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

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23. “There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.”

— Nelson Mandela

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24. “It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.”

— Mother Teresa

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25. “In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.”

— Nitya Prakash

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26. “I like you just the way you are.”

— Fred Rogers

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27. “You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.”

— Fred Rogers

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28. “If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won’t cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.”

— Dale Carnegie

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29. “What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?”

— George Eliot

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30. “A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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31. “When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose to be kind.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

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32. “The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.”

— Nhat Hanh

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33. “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same.”

— Rachel Scott

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34. “People will never forget how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

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35. “When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.”

— Dr. Wayne Dyer

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36. “You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.”

— Anne Frank

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37. “Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.”

— Pope Francis

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38. “The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful.”

— Leo Tolstoy

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39. “There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.”

— Bryant McGill

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40. “A kindness is never wasted.”

— Aesop

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41. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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42. “I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.”

— Virginia Satir

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43. “Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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44. “Being kind to others is a way of being good to yourself.”

— Harold S. Kushner

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45. “Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.”

— James Freeman Clarke

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46. “I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.”

— Eminem

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47. “Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”

— Brian Tracy

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48. “The noblest art is that of making others happy.”

— P.T. Barnum

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49. “Being nice takes work. That’s why I really like people who are nice.”

— Casey Neistat

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50. “Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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