Kindness begets kindness.

Meaning: This means that when you are kind to others, it often encourages them to be kind in return.

Choice of Words: Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Begets means to produce or cause something. Kindness is repeated to emphasize the idea that one act of kindness can lead to another.

Alternative Expressions

One good turn deserves another.

Meaning: This means that when someone does something kind for you, you should do something kind in return. It's like saying, If someone helps you, you should help them back.

Choice of Words: One refers to a single act of kindness. Good describes the act as positive and beneficial. Turn is a metaphorical way of referring to an action. Deserves implies that the act of kindness warrants a similar response. Another refers to the reciprocal act of kindness.

What goes around, comes around.

Meaning: This means that the things you do, good or bad, will eventually come back to you. It's like saying, If you're kind to others, people will be kind to you. If you're mean to others, people will be mean to you.

Choice of Words: What refers to actions or events. Goes around means that actions have consequences that eventually return to the person who initiated them. Comes around implies that the consequences will eventually manifest themselves.

Related Expressions