Quote by Oscar Wilde

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

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance and value of taking tangible actions rather than simply having good intentions. It suggests that even a small act of kindness, irrespective of its scale or significance, carries more weight and has a greater impact than a grand intention that remains unrealized. In essence, it highlights the transformative power of concrete acts of kindness in brightening someone's day or making a positive difference in the world, regardless of how humble or modest they may seem.

Topics

Kindness Intentions Giving

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by i

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to des

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existance.

I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would hav

I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and had so many things at their fingertips and been exposed to so many things. But we travel a lot, so I don't think that moving out of town is sheltering the girls at all. Maybe protecting them a little bit more, trying to prolong their youth.

The world is passing through troubling times. The young peop

The world is passing through troubling times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behavior and dress.

Peter the Hermit, attributed, pr

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million do

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise fr

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers.

When President Obama passed health care reform, it was perso

When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he would repeal Obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that's personal too.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, res

I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It's very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it's even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, 'I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a role model for my son.'

Doing Very Role

What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with roo

What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.

Wilford Brimley

Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each

Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.

Charles Caleb Colton

Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, be

Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make.

Life Circumstances People Opportunity

Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a wa

Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. And Harry felt, as he had felt about phoenix song before, that the music was inside him, not without: It was his own grief turned magically to song..

Beauty Grief Song Phoenix Lament Terrible