Mental Health Awareness Week 2020: 20 uplifting quotes on kindness
5 May 2020
Everybody can use a little bit of kindness in their life. Being kind not only has a direct effect on others, but it has a positive impact on yourself as well.
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Kindness is defined as the quality of being generous, helpful, and caring about other people. Here are 20 quotes to inspire you to help others and spread a little love:
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.”
MOTHER TERESA
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
DALAI LAMA
“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.”
ALBERT EINSTEIN
“I feel there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
VINCENT VAN GOGH
“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.”
JOHN RUSKIN
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
“When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.”
BUDDHA
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
MAYA ANGELOU
“How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.”
MORGAN FREEMAN
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
NELSON MANDELA
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
MAHATMA GANDHI
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
MARK TWAIN
“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
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
GEORGE SAND
“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
“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
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
DALAI LAMA
“Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.”
ANDREW ISKANDER
“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
JAMES M BARRIE
“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”
THEODORE ISAAC RUBIN