46 Kindness Quotes That Will Put A Smile On Your Face

A list of uplifting and inspiring kindness quotes to sprinkle love everywhere

It cost nothing to be kind. A smile, a thank-you, a word of appreciation can spark happiness that even money can’t buy. And it does not only work wonders for the receiver but the giver as well. It just can’t be better, right?

Psychologists at the University of British Columbia put students on a 10-week kindness experiment. They found that participants who devote their time to helping others with homework or school projects had lower levels of cholesterol and inflammation.

Remember that warm, fuzzy feeling when you hold the door open for someone else? That is the power of kindness, the pure joy that makes us healthier and happier.

I used to think that kindness is genetic. You are either born with it or not. But what if we can teach ourselves to be kinder? So here is a collection of kindness quotes and words about being generous. I hope these heart-warming words will inspire. Pass them on and let kindness start from there.

Read also: 89 Random acts of kindness to light up someone’s life

Inspiring quotes about kindness

Table of content

• Quotes on the power of kindness
• Short kindness quotes for kids and adults
• Uplifting words and poem on kindness

Quotes on the power of kindness

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
– Aesop

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness.
– Audrey Hepburn

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.
– Roy T. Bennett

Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.
– Ben Carson

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
– John Holmes

Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.
– Roy T. Bennett

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.
– Steve Maraboli

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.
– Brad Meltzer

Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.
– Brian Tracy

In a world where so many are throwing bricks on others, be the one who builds bridges with them.
– Emma Xu

You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.
– Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
– Albert Camus

Be an encourager. Scatter sunshine. Who knows whose life you might touch with something as simple as a kind word.
– Debbie Macomber

Short kindness quotes for both kids and adults

Be the one who makes others feel included.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

You don’t need a cape to be a hero. All you need is to care.
– Kid President

– Anne Frank

When you see a person without a smile, give them yours.
– Zig Ziglar

Trick or treat people with kindness.
– Harry Styles

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My religion is kindness.
– Dalai Lama

If not now, then when? If not you and me, then who?
– Cindy Grimes, A Call for Kindness Ted Talk

Be a little kinder than you have to.
– E. Lockhart

Kindness is not weakness.

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
– Jesse Jackson

Treat others the way we want to be treated.
– Emma Xu

Be the rainbow in someone’s sky.
– Unknown

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
– Winston Churchhill

Words and poem on kindness we need to read

You can be the brightest star in someone’s darkest nights.
– Emma Xu

One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.
– Gordon B. Hinckley

Light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life.
– Roy T. Bennett

Let today be the day you look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.
– Steve Maraboli

Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another’s trouble,
Courage in your own.
– Adam Lindsay Gordon

If you are not getting kindness, be the one who initiates.
– Emma Xu

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.
– R. J. Palacio

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.
– Victor Borge

Be kind wherever you are, on the street and behind the screen.
– Emma Xu

Never start a sentence with the words “No offense.”
– Gretchen Rubin

A word of encouragement from you can be the water in desert for someone else.
– Emma Xu

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
– Charles Dickens

You have bad thoughts but still choose to do good, that is kindness.

Smile at a stranger, wave thanks to people in traffic, appreciate customer service. It’s the small acts that add up.
– phoebe-does

Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.

You can be the start of something beautiful and powerful.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

No acts of kindness are small.

Kind words cost nothing.

So many people are hanging by the thinnest thread. Treat people well; you could just be that thread.

Everybody has a chapter they don’t read out loud. 

The world is filled with beautiful people. If you can’t find one, be one.

Which of these kindness quotes resonates with you?

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