Are you finding ways for your family to share kindness with others?
If you need some inspiration, you might want to check out my previous post, World Kindness Day Activities. It has a free printable with a list of Kind Capers your family can do at home and in the community.
I thought that I would share some kindness quotes with you today. I don’t know about you, but I love quotes. I find them uplifting. I love to use them to inspire others, especially children. I hope these kindness quotes that I am sharing with you today will help you teach your children about sharing kindness with others.
Kindness Quotes
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
~Mark Twain
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
~Seneca
I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
~Mother Teresa
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.
~William J.H. Boetcker
Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house… let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
~Mother Teresa
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
~Aesop
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
~James M. Barrie
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
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
~Mother Teresa
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.
~Dalai Lama
Real kindness seeks no return; What return can the world make to rain clouds?
~Thiruvalluvar
One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness; usually it comes back to you.
~Anonymous
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on;
‘Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on;
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another’s tears,
‘Til in Heaven the deed appears – Pass it on.
~Henry Burton
Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~19th century rhyme
I hope you found these kindness quotes inspirational. Feel free to spread the love and share them with others.
Penny Zeller says
I stumbled across your blog from the blog hop. Love, love, love these quotes. Thank you for sharing!
Susan Brown says
I’m glad you like them. I found them inspiring.
Judith at WholeHearted Home says
That is such a nice collection of kindness quotes. Thanks so much for sharing them. Have a blessed day in the Lord.
Susan Brown says
I love them too. May your day be blessed as well. 🙂