Working hard is the key to success, they say. But what good is all that effort if you don’t have any compassion? Being kind is one of the most important things a person can do in life, and it doesn’t take any extra effort at all. In fact, being kind can make you happier and more successful! Here are some of our favorite kindness quotes to get you started.

1. As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people. — Pema Chodron
2. Learning to breathe fire isn’t nearly as extraordinary as learning to breathe a word of kindness. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
3. Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment. — Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness
4. The practice of loving–kindness is about cultivating love as a trans–formative strength, — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
5. I always win in every fight — my secret weapons are my kindness and forgiveness.
6. Ignite the fire of loving kindness in your soul, fuel that fire with understanding and compassion for others, and start a bonfire of love worldwide. — Nanette Mathews
7. A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else’s life. — Roy T. Bennett
8. In a cruel world kindness is certainly an unsafe virtue — Munia Khan
9. Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile. — R.J. Palacio
10. When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life. — Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
11. How starved they seemed for ordinary kindness — Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
12. Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life. — Roy T. Bennett
13. Rule 1: Be kind.Rule 2: Don’t be a doormat when they step on you.Kindness and sticking up for yourself go hand in hand if you want happiness. — Richie Norton
14. We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again — Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness
15. Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself. — Mark Twain
16. Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . . — Robert Green Ingersoll
17. For all those people, who took advantage of my kindness. Thank you. I won’t drop to your level. I’ll simply smile and move on. — Saif Ullah
18. Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. — Samuel Johnson
19. Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. — Mother Teresa
20. The essence of love is kindness. — Robert Louis Stevenson
21. The supply of The milk of human kindness was short by several gallons — P. G. Wodehouse
22. Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. — William Shakespeare
23. Without loving–kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others. — Pema Chodron
24. Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity. — Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness
25. My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That’s something worth achieving. — Pierce Brosnan
26. A simple act of kindness and compassion towards a single animal may not mean anything to all creatures, but will mean everything to one. — Paul Oxton
27. Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does. — Mason Cooley
28. The biggest threat against the survival of humanity is not brutality and unkindness, it is stupidity and selfishness. — M.F. Moonzajer
29. I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness. — Sofia Vergara
30. Kindness is going out of your way to perform favors regarded as wonderful by the recipient. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
31. I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world. — Nicole Kidman
32. I choose kindness… I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me — Max Lucado
33. Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us. — Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness
34. Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
35. There’s always gonna be evil people in the world who just do negative shit. You just have to kill them with kindness and they’ll die slowly. — Nicki Minaj
36. This is a way to kill a wife with kindness. — William Shakespeare
37. Make love and kindness toward yourself and others a lifestyle and not a special event — Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
38. Kindness is a kind of magic, in return we get love which is eternal. — M.H. Rakib
39. Do not build a castle around one act of kindness — do not build an empire around one act of cruelty.
40. Kindnessis never weaknessif it has potentialto cause death.So, if you can’kill them with kindness, ‘the ball is in your court.YOU have the power! — Melody Lee, Moon Gypsy
41. Kindness: a waltz with forgiveness and hope. — Soul Dancer, Pay Me What I’m Worth
42. Happiness branches from the tree of kindness, abounding with the fruit of sweet smiles. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
43. The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days. — Stephen Jay Gould
44. Kindness is still the best antidote. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
45. Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own. — Princess Diana
46. If you can be Kind in the Land of Rudeness, you can be King in the Land of Kindness. — Mehmet Murat ildan
47. If kindness is beauty, patience is disarming elegance. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
48. Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own. — Princess Diana
49. Love, real Love, comes with three conditions–respect, kindness and trust. It isn’t, and should never be, unconditional. — Megan Jacobson, The Build–up Season
50. Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . . — Robert Green Ingersoll