Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

— Unknown Source

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

— Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, c. 4 BCE–AD 65

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

— Leo Buscaglia, U.S professor and a motivational speaker, 1924-1998

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

— Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless.

— Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic religious sister who lived most of her life in India, 1910-1997

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless.

— Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic religious sister who lived most of her life in India, 1910-1997

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

— Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French preacher, journalist, and activist, 1802-1861

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972

One kind word can warm three winter months.

— Japanese proverb

We don’t have to agree on anything to be kind to one another.

— Unknown source
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