12 Quotes About Kindness with DressLily & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #44

October 31, 2017 / 68 Comments

Today, I am going to share some of my favorite quotes about kindness from the internet. Because even in all the craziness and the negativity that flies through interspace…you can still find kindness there. Proof that it is a virtue that is alive and well in this often cold and harsh world.

*This is a sponsored post. However, all thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.

1.”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

*Dress: Plus Size Flare Sleeve Babydoll Dress ($23.36) c/o DressLily. Unfortunately, the olive green is sold out, but it is available in white. (Belt is old, not part of the dress.)

2.”Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”

-George Sand

*Boots: Charlotte Russe Knit Sock Peep Toe Booties (Currently on sale for $24.59).

3.”Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”
-Barbara de Angelis

4.”We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.”

-Herman Melville

5.”Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”

-Scott Adams

6.”Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.”

-John Wesley

7.”Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”

-Theodore Isaac Rubin

8.”Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

-Lao Tzu

9.”Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.” 

-Eric Hoffer

10.”Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”

-George Sand
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11.”We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”

-Whoopi Goldberg

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

-Desmond Tutu

There are so many amazing sentiments and statements and quotes about kindness out there. I just haphazardly began choosing them for this post because it was too much to go through them all.  So if you have any other favorites, I would love to see them in the comments…whether you are quoting someone else or it is your own. Keep spreading the kindness, my friends!

Looking for more kindness inspirations, check out this awesomely kind website I found: Spread Kindness: Share A Smile. Be Kind. Pass It On.

And now your favorite posts from last week.

Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style shared her post How to Wear a Beige Clock Skirt Stylish and I have to say she definitely nailed this look! Fabulous, my friend!

Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style

And Kristina of The Kontemporary shared her post 7 Days – 7 Ways: Warm & Stylish durch den Winter. This head to toe look in olive is simply stunning!

Kristina of The Kontemporary


Remember to get your photos in for November’s edition of The Bad Buy Book. The theme is Cardigans!

Keeping it kind on the edge,

Shelbee

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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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