Quotes about Kindness

Charity begins at home, and usually stays there.

Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Blessed influence of one truly loving soul on another!

Cruelty is the only sin.

Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Set about doing good to somebody. Put on your hat and go and visit the sick and poor of your neighborhood; inquire into their circumstances and minister to their wants. Seek out the desolate and afflicted and oppressed ... I have often tried this method, and have always found it the best medicine for a heavy heart.

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.

I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. This seemed simple and very nice; but I found when I tried to put it in practice not only that other people were seldom lovable, but that I was not very lovable myself.

I feel like if you're a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'