28 Enduring Words of Kindness

Showing an act of kindness can make all the difference in the world. Making efforts to donate coats in the wintertime, collect soup can labels for area schools, and more can allow you to do your part in making a change. The following words of kindness are quotes shared by others that help to capture the emotion and appreciation received by those that impact lives.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments.

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness; it usually comes back to you.

Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

The best portion of a good man’s life – his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.

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.

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.

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you — not because they are nice, but because you are.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

More than half of Americans donate their time or money to some form of cause or charity each year. These efforts do not occur in vain. Volunteering your time can be one of the most valuable things you can offer to others. The below infographic captures the efforts of community engagement and response due to acts of kindness.