A kind word is like a spring day.

~ Russian Proverb

 

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.

~ William Wordsworth

 

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

~ Confucius

 

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

~ Aesop

 

Compassion does not arise from ideals of perfection but from a recognition and concern for our own fallibility.

~ Rob Preece

 

Genuine kindness is no ordinary act, but a gift of rare beauty.

~ Sylvia Rossetti

 

All beings seek for happiness; so let your compassion extend itself to all.

~ Mahavamsa

 

Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

~Arthur Schopenhauer

 

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.

~ Mohandas Gandhi

 

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings... I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.

~ Pearl S. Buck

 

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

~ Buddha

 

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

~ Anatole France

 

A kind word can unlock an iron door.

~ Turkish Proverb

 

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir -- a constant source of energy, determination and kindness.

~ Dalai Lama

 

No road is long with good company.

~ Turkish Proverb

 

Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living creatures, man himself will not find peace.

~Albert Schweitzer

 

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

 

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

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.

~ Parke Godwin

 

 

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

~ Amelia Earhart

 

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

~Helen Keller

 

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

~ Helen Keller

 

The garden of kindness never fades.

~ Greek Proverb

 

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

~ Confucius

 

True compassion does not come from wanting to help those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

~ Pema Chodron

 

We rise by lifting others.

~ Robert Ingersoll