Kindness Begins with Me
Author: Clara W. McMaster
Composer: Clara W. McMaster
Languages (98)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Mir’sia Fillon tek Ti
- Amharic: ደግነት በእኔ ይጀምራል
- Arabic: أريد أن أكون رؤوفاً
- Armenian (East): ԲԱՐԻՆ ԻՆՁՆԻՑ ՊԻՏ ԳԱ
- Aymara: Nayajj Munasï
- Basque: Adeitasuna nigandik hasten da
- Bikolano: Gusto Kong Maboot sa Kapwa
- Bislama: Mi mas kaen gud
- Bulgarian: Доброто започва от мен
- Cebuano: Pagkamabination Magsugod Kanako
- Chuukese: Upwe Kirikiroch
- Croatian: Ljubaznost sa mnom počinje
- Czech: Musím být laskavý
- Danish: Venlighed begynder med mig
- Dutch: Ik wil zo graag lief zijn
- Efik: Eti ido ɔtɔŋɔ ye ami
- English: Kindness Begins with Me
- Estonian: Minust just algab hea
- Fante: Ayamuyie Fi Me Nkyɛn
- Fijian: Me Tekivu Vei Au
- Finnish: Jos jokaista voisin rakastaa
- French: Soyons gentils
- Georgian: სიკეთე ჩემგან იწყება
- German: Eine freundliche Welt
- Greek: Σκοπεύω να ’μαι καλός
- Guarani: Pe Py’a Porã Chendive Oñepyrũ
- Gusii (Kisii): Oboitongo Nigo Bogochakera Asende
- Haitian Creole: M’ Vle Fe Jantiyès
- Hiligaynon: Kaluoy Sugod sa Akon
- Hmong: Kuv Xav Ua Zoo Rau Luag Lwm Tus
- Hungarian: Ha mindenkihez kedves leszel
- Icelandic: Góðvildin hefst hjá mér
- Igbo: Obi-ọma Na-Ebido na Mụ
- Ilokano: Mangrugi Kaniak ti Panangngaasi
- Indonesian: Kebaikan Mulai Dari Aku
- Italian: La gentilezza comincia da me
- Japanese: 自分から始めよう
- Kaqchikel (Cakchiquel): Ninvajo’ Ninben ri Utz
- Kazakh: Басталады Рақым
- Kekchi: Wikʼin laaʼin natikla li chaabʼilal
- Khmer (Cambodian): ចិត្តល្អចាប់ផ្ដើមនឹងខ្ញុំ
- Kiribati (Gilbertese): Te Atatai Aomata Irou
- Korean: 내가 먼저 친절하렵니다
- Kosraean: Nga Muhtawayen Kulwacng
- Kuna: Anna Nued Taedi
- Laotian: ຄວາມເມດຕາເລີ້ມຈາກເຮົາ
- Latvian: Es būšu laipns
- Lingala: Nabanda boboto
- Lithuanian: Gėrio pradžia — many
- Malagasy: Tsara fanahy
- Maltese: Irrid Inkun Twajjeb ma’ Kulħadd
- Mam: Ilxtij Tu’n Tziet Aj Ba’n Nabl Wo’ne Tnejl
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Àixīn yóu wǒ ér qǐ
- Mandarin (Simplified): 爱心由我而起
- Mandarin (Traditional): 愛心由我而起
- Marshallese: Jouj E Jinoi Ibba
- Maya (Yucatec): Yan in Betec Ba’ax Uts
- Mongolian: Би элэгсэг нэгэн баймаар байна
- Navajo: Diné Baa Jiinishba’ Doo
- Niuean: Kamata E Au E Mahani Totonu
- Norwegian: Jeg ønsker å være snill og god
- Pampango (Kapampangan): Manibat Pa Kaku Ing Maging Maganaka
- Pangasinan: Manmaliw a Maong Dia’d Arum
- Persian (Iran) (Farsi): [Unknown title]
- Pohnpeian: Kadek Tepida sang Rehi
- Polish: Życzliwy bądź
- Portuguese: A Bondade por Mim Começará
- Quechua (Bolivia): Ñoqa K’acha Kasaj
- Quechua (Peru): Sumaq Sonqo Kayqa Noqawanmi Qallarin
- Quichua (Ecuador): Ali Caica Ñucahuan Callarin
- Rarotongan (Cook Islands Maori): Akamata Te Aroa
- Romanian: Bunătatea începe cu mine
- Rotuman: Hanisi Kamataf ’e Gou
- Russian: «Начало добра — во мне!»
- Samoan: O Le Agalelei e Amata Ia Te A‘u
- Serbian: Љубазност почиње самном
- Shona: Tsitsi Dzinotanga Neni
- Slovak: Láskavosť začína odo mňa
- Slovenian: Prijaznost z menoj naj se začne
- Spanish: La bondad por mí empieza
- Swahili: Huruma Huanzia Nami
- Swedish: Vänlighet börjar inom mig
- Tagalog: Sa Akin Nagmumula ang Kabaitan
- Tahitian: Nā’u e ha’amata
- Tamil: அன்பு என்னோடு தான் ஆரம்பம்
- Telugu: [Unknown title]
- Thai: ความเมตตาเริ่มที่เรา
- Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian): Mi Laik Mekim Gut Long Olgeta
- Tongan: Ko e Anga-ʻofá ʻe Kamata ʻIate Au
- Tswana (Setswana): Molemo o Simolola ka Nna
- Turkish: Nezaket Bende Başlar
- Twi: Adɔeɛ Firi Me Nkyɛn
- Ukrainian: За мною перший крок
- Urdu: [Unknown title]
- Vietnamese: Lòng Nhân Nên Khởi Từ Tôi
- Waray: Karuyag Ko Magin Buotan
- Xhosa: Kubuye Bubele
- Zulu: Ngi Funa Ngibe Nomusa
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1969 or earlier.
In copyright (IRI)
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Barnens sånger (1967), no. 137.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
I want to be kind to ev’ryone, For that is right, you see. So I say to myself, “Remember this: Kindness begins with me.”