A Quote by Khalil Gibran

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

Khalil Gibran

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Act Greatest Intention Kindness More Smallest Than Worth

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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese - Poet
January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

John Burroughs

Don't overlook the significance of your smallest opportunities for civilized behavior throughout each day. The future has no bigger moments than we experience right now. The world changes for the better with every act of kindness, and for the worse with every act of cruelty. The future is nothing grander than the very next moment, and it arrives solely from the present.

Bo Lozoff

Each smallest act of kindness, reverberates across great distances and spans of time --affecting lives unknown to the one who’s generous spirit, was the source of this good echo. Because kindness is passed on and grows each time it’s passed until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage, years later, and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each expression of hatred, each act of evil.

Dean Koontz

Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.

Barack Obama

I'm most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.

Byron Katie

When you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with intention and clarity and kindness.

Tara Brach

Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness.

Henry David Thoreau

Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.

Katharine Hepburn

Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greetings. We are all but His instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself.

Mother Teresa

My reason for choosing diamonds is that, dense as they are, they represent the greatest worth in the smallest volume.

Coco Chanel

The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.

Roger Nash Baldwin

A word spoken in loving kindness is worth far more than any gift.

Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.

William Arthur Ward

I suppose the thing I most would have liked to have known or been reassured about is that in the world, what counts more than talent, what counts more than energy or concentration or commitment, or anything else - is kindness. And the more in the world that you encounter kindness and cheerfulness - which is its kind of amiable uncle or aunt - the better the world always is. And all the big words: virtue, justice, truth - are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness.

Stephen Fry

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.