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

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

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

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

“That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”

“There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.”

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

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”

“Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.”

“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.”

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”

“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.”

“Emotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes a part of us away and deposits treasures we never imagined. Out goes naivete, in comes wisdom; out goes anger, in comes discernment; out goes despair, in comes kindness. No one would call it easy, but the rhythm of emotional pain that we learn to tolerate is natural, constructive and expansive... The pain leaves you healthier than it found you.”

“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.”

“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.”

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.”

“True love blooms when we care more about another person than we care about ourselves. That is Christ's great atoning example for us, and it ought to be more evident in the kindness we show, the respect we give, and the selflessness and courtesy we employ in our personal relationships.”

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”