Love and Kindness Quotes

41+ Love & Kindness Quotes with Images

The world is always in need of compassion and understanding. Here are our favorite quotes about love and kindness with beautiful images to share with friends and family. A nice word here and there really go along way towards making both ourselves and our loved ones happy. We’ve included both love and kindness insights that you can share with romantic partners and fellow humans easily.

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Messages and Images about Kindness and Love

1. “Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people.” – Karen Salmansohn

kindness quotes Karen Salmansohn

Smile more, it’s contagious:

Start your day off by smiling in the mirror. You can carry this with you throughout the day and have some confidence that it will light up whoever you meet. Smiling is contagious, and we have a human reaction to mirror happiness.

2. “Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all.” – Alfred Tennyson

corny love quotes - Alfred Tennyson

Let go of a past grievance:

Let go of a past fault that someone has done to you. We all make mistakes and wish to be forgiven on some level. If you can forgive someone today it will likely ease your mind and help you become more understanding.

3. “The greatest ethical test that we’re ever going to face is the treatment of those who are at our mercy.” – Lyn White

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." quotes - Lyn White

Have empathy for those less fortunate:

In an online world that grows to mock those suffering and less fortunate, we can embrace positive content and messages. Try to look up some “win” videos with the mountains of “fail” videos drowning the internet.

4. “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

corny love quotes - Helen Keller

Plan a weekend getaway:

You don’t need a grand and expensive vacation to get away from it all together. Plan a weekend getaway somewhere nearby that you both will love. Rest and relaxation is often a necessary part of any healthy relationship. Here are some calming thoughts and sayings you can share with a loved one.

5. “Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.” – Ashleigh Brilliant

kindness quotes Ashleigh Brilliant

Kindness saves the world:

In the same way that hatred breeds hatred, kindness creates more kindness in the world. Without much knowledge or instruction of why were here or what were meant to do, being kind and spreading a little happiness may be the best choice we have.

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6. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn

corny love quotes - Audrey Hepburn

Head to the amusement park:

There’s nothing like a theme park to bring out the inner child in all of us. Heart-pounding rides can also get the adrenaline pumping to boost arousal.

7.  “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

kindness quotes Lucius Annaeus Seneca

We’re all connected:

Understand that we are all connected on this earth. The world can be a small place, and a little kindness can go a long way. Remember that most people you meet are actually directly connected with others you have yet to encounter in forms of friendships, family, or relationships. Be kind to everyone with the faith that it will come back around someday.

8.  “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” – George Sand

love quotes "There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." - George Sand

Relax with a romantic movie:

When you don’t feel like getting dressed up and leaving the house, bring the romance home and spend a lazy evening together on the couch.

9. “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

kindness quotes Franklin D Roosevelt

Give out an extra “like” today:

Support someone on social media today. It costs you a second to like someone’s post and make a positive comment about their current activity. It only takes a minute of your time and attention and can really cheer someone up on an otherwise gloomy day.

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10. “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” – Hubert H. Humphrey

wednesday love quotes - Hubert H Humphrey

You can’t measure happiness:

You can’t quantify happiness, at least not very well by philosophical and medical yardsticks. You don’t know how much value something you say or do has on someone else. A few thoughtful acts throughout daily life will be a mountain of happiness throughout a lifetime. 

11.  “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

love quotes "Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

12. “Be kind to people on the way up – you’ll meet them again on your way down.” – Jimmy Durante

kindness quotes Jimmy Durante

13. “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” – Max Muller

wednesday romantic quotes "A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love." - Max Muller

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

kindness quotes image Dalai Lama "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."

15. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou

love quotes "Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." - Maya Angelou

16. “Love is friendship set on fire.” – Jeremy Taylor

wednesday love quotes "Love is friendship set on fire." - Jeremy Taylor

17. “Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” – Emily Dickinson

quotes "Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality." - Emily Dickinson

18. “Kindness trumps everything. Kind people are magnets for all of the good things in life.” – Tom Giaquinto

kindness quotes - Tom Giaquinto "Kindness trumps everything. Kind people are magnets for all of the good things in life."

19. “When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.” – Rachel Naomi Remen

kindness quotes - Rachel Naomi Remen "When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do."

20. “And suddenly, all the love songs were about you” – Ina

sweet love quote "And suddenly, all the love songs were about you" - Ina

21. “We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr. Seuss

love quotes mutual weirdness

22.  “It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.” – Steve Maraboli

kindness quotes - Steve Maraboli "It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime."

23. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop

kindness quotes - aesop image

24. “We were together. I forgot the rest.” – Walt Whitman

love quotes we were together

25. “What I have with you, I don’t want with anyone else.” – Unknown

love quotes what i have with you

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

"Be a little kinder than you have to." quotes - e lockhart

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

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." quotes - plato

28. “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

"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver." quotes - barbara de angelis

29. “My heart talks about nothing but you.” – Albert Camus

love quotes my heart talks

30. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.” – Plato

love quotes every heart sings

31. “For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” – Stephanie Perkins

love quotes home is a person

32. “You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” – Oscar Wilde

love quotes a song only you

33.  “Thinking of you, keeps me awake. And dreaming of you, keeps me asleep. Being with you, well it keeps me alive.” – Ivoryline

love quotes being with you

34. “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

"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." quotes - princess diana

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

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." quotes - daila lama

36. “I miss you a little, I guess you could say. A little too much, a little too often. A little more everyday” – John Michael Montgomery

love quotes miss you a little

37. “You make me happy in a way no one else can.” – Unknown

love quotes make me happy

38. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." quotes - lao tzu

39. “All of me loves all of you.” – John Legend

love quotes all of me loves all

40. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." quotes - Anne Frank

41. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” – André Gide

love quotes better to be hated

Love more and be kinder today

It can be difficult to be happy and positive with so much negativity around us. If we can have a little awareness to spread just a little bit of love and kindness to those around us everyday it can add up quickly over time. Making just one person feel a little loved and thought is a wonderful goal that we can conquer each day.

Hope you can find some happiness today,

Bb