Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.                                                                            —Franklin D. Roosevelt

Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.       —Lao Tzu

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.            —Mark Twain

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.     —Abraham Heschel

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.              —Seneca

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.                                                                —Benjamin Franklin

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

—Plato

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart.

—Henry Clay

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions — the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.                                               —Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person.  —Brian Tracey

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.    —S.H. Simmons

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.                                                                                              —Dalai Lama