A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
Thomas Carlyle

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
John Ruskin

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
Bryant H. McGill

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Joseph Joubert

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.
Joseph Lancaster

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Saint Basil

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
William Arthur Ward

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
George Dennison Prentice

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
Saadi

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.
Martin Scorsese

As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.
Svetlana Alliluyeva

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.
Caroline Kennedy

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

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
Og Mandino

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Princess Diana

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
Albert Schweitzer

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.
Evelyn Underhill

Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.
Martin Scorsese

Everyone responds to kindness.
Richard Gere

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.
Queen Elizabeth II