39 Quotes About Random Acts of Kindness

It can take just a small act of kindness each day to change someone’s life while changing your own. These quotes about random acts of kindness highlight to amazing effects and changes that happen.

“A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.”

“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.”

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”

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

“Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most.”

“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.”

“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.”

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

“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.”

“Forget injuries, never forget kindnessess.”

“Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.”

“Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.”

“How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it!”

“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.”

“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.”

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

“Kindness begets kindness evermore.”

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“Notice acts of kindness offered to you from your surroundings. Someone, no matter who, is doing something thoughtful for you.”

“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other-not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”

“Real kindness seeks no return; What return can the world make to rain clouds?”

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

“That best portion of a good man’s life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”

“The more sympathy you give, the less you need.”

“There are many different ways we can show kindness to others, and it doesn’t have to be in a big way. The simplest of things may make the difference.”

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“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.”

“We should give as we would receive: cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.”

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”

“When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.”

“When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.”

“Wherever there is a human in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference.”

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

“You will never have a completely bad day if you show kindness at least once.”

The power of kindness is great. It can help you overcome the many obstacles and challenges in your own life.