World Kindness Day
Formed in 1998, World Kindness Day is celebrated internationally to promote kindness. It is observed in various countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Japan, the UAE, and Australia. You can play a part in the joyous day devoted to spreading happiness and love. Don’t know how? Fret not; read on!
When is World Kindness Day?
World Kindness Day is celebrated on November 13 every year.
FAQs
The frequently asked questions and fun facts will help enhance your knowledge about kindness and World Kindness Day.
How can I add kindness to my life?
You can send a kind message to your friends or family. You can also help someone cross the street or make others laugh with delight.
Furthermore, you can share a compliment with a colleague or friend. Also, you can help someone financially or reach out to a family member you haven’t seen in a while. Finally, you can offer a treat or help a friend out with their assignment.
See 73 Make a Difference Quotes.
When was World Kindness Day initiated?
World Kindness Day was first introduced as a celebration of the World Kindness Movement. The movement was registered as an official NGO under Swiss Law in 2019 but stretched back to 1997.
Many institutions in Australia, the US, the UK, and Thailand participated in it, leading to the “pledge to join together to build a kinder and more compassionate world.” In 1998, they inaugurated World Kindness day in pursuit of this aim.
Why is World Kindness Day celebrated?
The purpose of the day is outlined as “to highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness which binds us.” It has achieved global recognition within two decades and includes activities like concerts, distribution of “kindness cards,” and dance mobs.
Is World Kindness Day an official holiday in the US?
Although it is currently an unofficial observance, World Kindness Movement aims at obtaining official recognition for the day by the UN. If successful, this will help World Kindness Day join World Health Day, Human Rights Day, and International Day of Peace.
What are some other days that celebrate kindness around the world?
In Israel, Good Deeds Day is meant to spread kindness while the UK celebrates Mitzvah Day International. International Volunteer Day and the Random Acts of Kindness Day in New Zealand also have similar purposes.
How do people spend World Kindness Day?
To celebrate the day, you can aim at performing at least three random acts of kindness. These can include random compliments, smiling at strangers, holding a door open, or giving up your seat on the train.
Moreover, you can give hugs to your loved ones and friends. Or, you can write a kind poem to yourself and read it out loud for self-appreciation.
Fun Facts
1.) The word “kindness” has been taken from the Old English word ‘kyndness.’ This word was, in turn, derived from the Middle English word ‘kidenes,’ meaning ‘courtesy.’
2.) One in four children in the US faces bullying at school regularly.
3.) Although it isn’t affiliated with a particular political movement or religion, more than 28 countries participate in World Kindness Day.
4.) People who regularly perform acts of kindness produce almost 23% less cortisol, a stress hormone. As a result, this helps slow the aging process and improve mental as well as physical health.
5.) The Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory research found that people act more kindly if they see others being kind.
6.) Emotional warmth, like kindness, releases oxytocin hormone, which helps dilate the blood vessels, thus lowering blood pressure.
Good Kindness Quotes
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop
Kindness is doing what you can, where you are, with what you have.
Unknown
How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.
Morgan Freeman
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
Jackie Chan
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
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
Audrey Hepburn
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
The 14th Dalai Lama
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
Jesse Jackson
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Considerate Quotations
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Joseph Joubert
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.
Bob Kerrey
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Marlene Dietrich
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.
Harold Kushner
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations, and in the kindness we offer to others.
Alek Wek
Quotes That Encourage Kindness
Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.
Tommy Lee Jones
We can all fight against loneliness by engaging in random acts of kindness.
Gail Honeyman
A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.
Steve Maraboli
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Mahatma Gandhi
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
Kahlil Gibran
A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.
Richard Dehmel
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
Being Kind Sayings
Being kind to someone only to look kind to others defeats the purpose of being kind.
Shannon L. Alder
Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude.
Confucius
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
Publilius Syrus
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
Eric Hoffer
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
Sarah Fielding
But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.
Rick Riordan
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return.
Emanuel Swedenborg
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grew older, I started to admire kind people.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
There’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Scott Adams
Proverbs about Kindness
It is easy to forget kindness, but one remembers unkindness.
Indian Proverb
Kindness breaks no bones.
German Proverb
Nothing grows old sooner than kindness.
French Proverb
A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest.
Saudi Arabian Proverb
Kindnesses, like grain, increase by sowing.
German Proverb
By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair.
Persian Proverb
A kind speech and forgiveness are better than alms followed by injury.
Islamic Proverb
Kind words are worth much, and they cost little.
Traditional Proverb
One kindness is the price of another.
Japanese Proverb
The best memory is that which forgets nothing but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.
Persian Proverb
Kindness begets kindness.
Greek Proverb
Better to do a kindness near home than go far away to burn incense.
Chinese Proverb
Kind words conquer.
Tamil Proverb
Inspirational Kindness Proverbs
Kind words will unlock an iron door.
Kurdish Proverbs
A word of kindness is better than a fat pie.
Russian Proverb
Forget injuries; never forget kindnesses.
Chinese Proverb
Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains.
Traditional Proverb
Write injuries in sand, and kindnesses in marble.
French Proverb
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind.
Malay Proverb
Kindness is a language, which the blind can see and the deaf can hear.
African Proverb
Kindness does not go rotten.
Swahili Proverb
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.
Chinese Proverb
Kindness brings happiness.
English Proverb
The kind man feeds his cat before sitting down to dinner.
Hebrew Proverb
Kindness is more binding than a loan.
American Proverb
A kind word is like a spring day.
Russian Proverbs
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Always be a little kinder than necessary!
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle!
Kill them with kindness.
Sometimes, all we need is a little kindness.
We rise by lifting others.
Stay kind; it makes you beautiful!
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word!
Kindness never goes out of style!
A spark of kindness can start a fire of love.
There is power in kindness!
More kindness, less judgement.
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