62 Quotes About Being Kind to Yourself & Others

These quotes will show you how to be kind to others and others, and the importance it has for your mental well-being and the ones around you.

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Be Kind Quotes

“Never underestimate the valuable and important difference you make in every life you touch. For the impact you make today has a powerful rippling effect on every tomorrow.” – Unknown

“If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.” – Anita Roddick

“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” – Tommy Lee Jones

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“Be kind to yourself.” – Meghan Markle

“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” – Stephen Covey

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

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“Every act of kindness is a piece of love we leave behind.” – Paul Williams

“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.” – Rick Riordan

“Recognise that every interaction you have is an opportunity to make a positive impact on others.” – Shep Hyken

“Kindness is wisdom.” – Philip James Bailey

“Self-compassion is how we recover.” – Sheryl Sandberg

“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien

“Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.” – Pema Chodron

“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” – Les Brown

“Self-compassion encourages mindfulness, or noticing your feelings without judgment; self-kindness, or talking to yourself in a soothing way; and common humanity, or thinking about how others might be suffering similarly.” – Rachel Simmons

“Kindness costs nothing, yet it is a most precious gift.” – Katrina Mayer

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” – Dalai Lama XIV

“Choose to be kind over being right and you’ll be right every time.” – Richard Carlson

“Your income reflects your self-identity. Your impact reveals your personal story.” – Robin S. Sharma

“We ought to be vigilantes for kindness and consideration.” – Letitia Baldrige

“We are all neighbors. Be kind. Be gentle.” – Clemantine Wamariya

“A positive impact stems from our admission that we were wrong or our thinking was wrong. ‘I’m wrong’ are two little words that can help improve our own positive attitude.” – Richard M. DeVos

“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” – Deborah Day

“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.” – Bell Hooks

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do make a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall

“If you have an impulse to kindness, act on it.” – Douglas Coupland

“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.” – Annie Lennox

“All the happiness, self-confidence, and support you’re seeking is already within you.” – Gabby Bernstein

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama

“I’m a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.” – Liam Neeson

“The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind.” – Ingrid Newkirk

“To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.” – Tariq Ramadan

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm S. Forbes

“If you want peace, be calm. If you want love, be loving. If you want kindness, be kind.” – Mary Davis

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” – Henry James

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” – Plato

“Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” – Pema Chodron

“Be good to people, be kind to people, show up, read the lines, hit the mark, and go home.” – Pierce Brosnan

“I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.” – Lady Gaga

“When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they’ll remember and be kind to someone else. And it’ll become like a wildfire.” – Whoopi Goldberg

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

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” – Desmond Tutu

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

“He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.” – Abu Bakr

“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

“Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.” – John Lithgow

“Always be kind, but kindness doesn’t mean that you have to not say what you think.” – Grace VanderWaal

“If your compassion does not include yourself it is incomplete.” – Jack Kornfield

“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.” – Christopher K. Germer

“True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.” – Alek Wek

“The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us.” – Anthony Fauci

“Be kind. It’s worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.” – Viggo Mortensen

“Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.” – Tara Brach

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

“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” – Mary Dunbar

“Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head.” – Victoria Moran

“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” – R.J. Palacio