CURATED COLLECTION

Small Acts of Kindness

The acts that seem smallest to the giver are often the ones the receiver remembers for a lifetime.

50 quotes found

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The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts.

—George EliotScholar & Thinker

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Kindness creates a ripple effect of good.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

—Charles DickensNovelist & Critic

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

—Maya AngelouPoet, Memoirist & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

—Elizabeth GaskellNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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It's often the most lonely people who are the most kind. They know what it feels like.

—Marilyn MonroeActress

Post-War ERA • North America

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For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.

—Carl SaganAstronomer & Author

Post-War ERA • North America

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Our village was small, simple, a world entire, oblivious to outside tumult.

—Tayeb SalihNovelist

Post-War ERA • North Africa

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For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

—Mother TeresaCatholic Nun & Founder

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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Nothing is more beautiful than a woman's hair when she washes it.

—Sei ShonagonAuthor

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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We are guilty for all we did not love enough.

—Gabriela MistralPoet, Diplomat & Author

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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A person's a person, no matter how small.

—Dr. SeussAuthor & Illustrator

Post-War ERA • North America

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What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

—George EliotScholar & Thinker

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

—Harper LeeNovelist

Post-War ERA • North America

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The only trick of friendship is to find people who are better than you.

—Hanya YanagiharaNovelist & Editor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

—Jane AustenNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry.

—Rupi KaurPoet

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting creature.

—Roald DahlNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Tears are the language of a soul in agony, beyond words, beyond reason.

—Chiung YaoNovelist

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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