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700 Inspirational Quotes On Niceness And Generosity

1. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ~ Aesop


2. “Bring love wherever you go. Shine light wherever it is dark. Leave blessings wherever you have been. Be kind wherever you are.” ― mary davis


3. “Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don’t forget to have art in your life – music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets.” — Eric Carle


4. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are


5. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”


6. “There’s no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.” ― Charles Kingsley


7. “People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is—just be a little kinder.” – Piero Ferrucci


8. “It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.” ― Publilius Syrus


9. “Always be friendly, always be kind, like the most beautiful flower that you can find.” ― Debasish Mridha


10. “If humor and rumor are needed more than faith and truth, then it tells me something about the kind of world we live today.” ― Toba Beta


11. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” ~ Anne Frank


12. “NO ACT OF KINDNESS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, IS EVER WASTED.”


13. “The highest form of knowledge is empathy.”


14. “We can’t heal the world today, but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.” – Mary Davis


15. “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” – Scott Adams


16. “Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.” ― Annie Lennox


17. “Be kind. Be nice to yourself. You miss a shot, it’s OK.” ― Sue Bird


18. A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ~ Washington Irving


19. “How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.” – George Elliston


20. “Kindness is a wonderful way to let another struggling soul know that there is still love in this world.” —Anonymous


21. “Kindness starts an inward feeling that allows you to experience perfect virtue without needing to do more. The kindness received is often enough to create more healing. All it takes is that one small act of kindness to give someone their peace.” – Anonymous


22. “My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people.” – Brian Blessed


23. “Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.” ― Frank A. Clark


24. “I’m a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.” – Liam Neeson


25. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” —Kahlil Gibran


26. “One thing I do know for a fact is that the nicer we are to our fellow human beings, the nicer the universe is to us.” – Joe Rogan


27. “Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind.” —Charles M. Schwab


28. “Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.”


29. “Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away.” ~ Abraham Lincoln


30. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ― Plato


31. “How little kindness there is in the world today!”


32. “This is why I can't talk to parents. They think you can get friends in high school the way you get chips from a vending machine. Put in a little niceness, and some kid pops out ready to double-check your homework and paint your nails at a slumber party. Niceness is not a valid currency in high school.”


33. “I’m a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don’t deserve niceness. I’ll turn very quickly. But I’m pretty pleasant overall.”


34. “I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.”


35. “Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.”


36. “Despite what that voice of fear and doubt says, more is possible for you. It’s possible to regain your freedom to express yourself, to say “no” and ask for what you want without guilt, and to unapologetically be yourself without all the worry about how others will react. As you do, life becomes better and better, and all your relationships thrive. You are able to find and create lasting love, form deep and fulfilling friendships, and become a powerful leader in your career. ”—Aziz Gazipura


37. “When there is kindness, there is goodness. When there is goodness, there is magic.”


38. “Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” —William Makepeace Thackeray


39. “KINDNESS IS NOT DEBATABLE”


40. “Be kind to yourself, to others and everything around you.”


41. “When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.” ~ Harold Kushner


42. “Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.” ― Aaron Neville


43. “Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud”44. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”


45. “Every day is a second chance.”


46. “What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.” —Richard Gere


47. “A kind word is like a spring day.” — Russian proverb


48. Something good is bound to happen when love is in your heart


49. “How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it!” -George Elliston


50. “KINDNESS HAS A BEAUTIFUL WAY OF REACHING DOWN INTO A WEARY HEART AND MAKING IT SHINE LIKE THE RISING SUN”


51. “I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.” ~ Lady Gaga


52. “KINDNESS IS CHOOSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY IN OTHERS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN FIND IT IN THEMSELVES.”


53. “You can cultivate mercy when you extend acts of compassion and kindness to yourself and to other people.” —Bree Miller


54. Be nice and smile to everyone you meet. You don't know what they are going through, and they may need that smile. And treasure it.


55. “Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.” ~ Joseph B. Wirthlin


56. “When this life strategy fails to produce the desired results — as it often does — Nice Guys usually just try harder, doing more of the same. Due to the sense of helplessness and resentment this pattern inevitably produces, Nice Guys are often anything but nice.”— Robert A. Glover57. “Fear and niceness, the handmaids of all women, or more truly, woman its pretty self.”


58. “You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.” ― Paul Mccartney59. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli


60. “It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal” — Joaquin Phoenix


61. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” ~ Dalai Lama


62. “Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin


63. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~ Leo Buscaglia


64. “May all your good come back to you.”


65. “Sometimes, in order to be kind, we first have to learn to look after ourselves.” – Piero Ferrucci


66. “Everyone on Earth, they’d tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance.”


67. “The smallest act of kindness makes you more beautiful than any expensive dress or make up.” ― Debasish Mridha


68. “To touch someone with kindness is to change someone forever.” ― Mike Dooley


69. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”


70. “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” – R.J. Palacio


71. “The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.”


72. “KINDNESS REQUIRED.”


73. “I like to look nice, but I'm not marketing being beautiful.” ― Bethenny Frankel


74. “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” — Tennessee Williams


75. “Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”


76. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.”77. “If you see someone without a smile give them one of yours.” ― Dolly Parton


78. “You can cultivate mercy when you extend acts of compassion and kindness to yourself and to other people.” —Bree Miller.RD.COM


79. “Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out.” —Frank A. Clark


80. “kindness always brings smile.” ― Utpal Dutta


81. (Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.


82. “The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind.” ~ Ingrid Newkirk


83. “Kind people are the best kind of people” – UNKNOWN


84. “One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.” –Sophocles


85. “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”86. “Be nice and smile to everyone you meet. You don’t know what they are going through, and they may need that smile.” – Unknown


87. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”


88. “Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.” ― Kin Hubbard


89. “Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.” —Henry van Dyke90. “I’m too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener.”


91. It doesn't cost anything extra to be nice


92. “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.” ~ Kahlil Gibran93. “Kindness is an electrical spark of life that runs through all kingdoms and has a reciprocal action when shown to others.” ~ Joe Hayes


94. “There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.” -Nathaniel Branden


95. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” – Albert Schweitzer


96. “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


97. “Be kind. Tell the truth. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.” ― Warsan Shire


98. Sometimes being too nice is dangerous, you have to show your mean side once in a while to avoid getting hurt


99. “You are gentle, and there’s nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.”


100. “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”101. “An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.” ~ Kahlil Gibran


102. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”


103. “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt. Check out these small acts of kindness that’ll instantly brighten someone’s day.104. “Imagine what our real neighbourhoods would be like if each of us offered as a matter of course just one kind word to another person.” – Fred Rogers


105. “I think true success is intrinsic… It’s love. It’s kindness. It’s community.” ― Tom Shadyac


106. “KINDNESS IS NOT WHAT YOU DO, BUT WHO YOU ARE.”


107. “Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers.” ― Kahlil Gibran


108. “No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.” – Lillie Langtry


109. “What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.” —Richard GereRD.COM


110. “Everyone responds to kindness.” – Richard Gere


111. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”


112. “To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” —Confucius.RD.COM


113. It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice


114. “Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.” ― Alexander Pope


115. “If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life.” ― Roy T. Bennett


116. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”


117. “One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.” ~ Sophocles


118. “Kindness is wisdom.” ― Philip James Bailey


119. “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”


120. “We rise by lifting others.” – Unknown121. “That’s the biggest thing: be kind and be original.” ― Lil Rel Howery


122. “Life’s way too short to be grumpy.” – Sara L. Clarke


123. “We can all fight against loneliness by engaging in random acts of kindness.” – Gail Honeyman


124. “Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your modus operandi and change your world. ”


125. “Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.” —Sue Grafton


126. “If you don’t build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs.”


127. “I honor the sanctity of all religions - I'm not here to put them down. But the only religion that I personally embrace is the religion of kindness.” ― Leslie Jordan


128. “It takes courage to be kind.” — Maya Angelou ‍


129. “Simple kindness may be the most vital key to the riddle of how human beings can live with each other in peace and care properly for this planet we all share.” —Bo Lozoff


130. “Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.” ― Evelyn Underhill


131. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” ~ Mother Teresa


132. “Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.” ― Isaac Bashevis Singer133. “If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we might just set the world in the right direction.” ― Martin Kornfeld134. Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.


135. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” —The 14th Dalai Lama. Don’t forget to browse through these body-positive quotes to celebrate the skin you’re in.


136. “THE BEST INDEX TO A PERSON'S CHARACTER IS HOW HE TREATS PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DO HIM ANY GOOD AND HOW HE TREATS PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FIGHT BACK.”


137. “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” -Scott Adams


138. We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” —Sir Winston Churchill


139. “Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.”


140. Kindness gives birth to kindness. – Sophocles


141. “My mother told me that niceness and kindness goes a long way.” ― Mr. T


142. “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.” —Publilius Syrus.RD.COM


143. “Kindness gives birth to kindness.” ― Sophocles


144. “I have seen human beings do and become terrible things as they destroy the world. I have also learned that only those things made of kindness, justice, and hope can save the world.”


145. “Nobody can help everybody. But everybody can help somebody.” – Denver Moore


146. “People shouldn’t have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.” – Maggie Stiefvater


147. “Friendship formed in the glamour industry comes with mutual benefits, which is nice, but it is not the real deal.” —Mohit Chauhan


148. Don't mistake my niceness for a weakness… it's Strategy


149. “Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard, and supported.” – Cleo Wade


150. “Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.” ― Juliette Lewis


151. ‘There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.” —Edith Wharton


152. “Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.”


153. “Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.”


154. “The world needs you.”


155. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.


156. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”


157. “My mother told me that niceness and kindness goes a long way.”


158. “FOR ATTRACTIVE LIPS, SPEAK WORDS OF KINDNESS.”


159. “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson


160. “Let our hearts be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path.”


161. “I no longer think she’s just being nice. She’s being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.”


162. “It is nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.”163. “A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.” ― Ralph Lauren


164. “Love and compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.”


165. We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.


166. “You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.” – Ricky Gervais


167. “If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.” – Kent M. Keith


168. “No one is born hating another person…People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” ~ Nelson Mandela


169. “Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda


170. “More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”


171. “KINDNESS IS REALIZING THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.”


172. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.””


173. “I find reggae is really nice in the morning.” ― Max Joseph


174. “Sometimes, in order to be kind, we first have to learn to look after ourselves.” ― Piero Ferrucci


175. Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.176. “Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.” —Wes Angelozzi177. “It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.” ― Eric Hoffer178. “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”


179. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”


180. “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” ― Jackie Chan


181. Human beings need to watch out for reasonless niceness too. It's never reasonless and its reason's not usually nice.


182. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”


183. Don't be a dick, just be nice. it's that easy


184. “Kind people are my kinda people.” – Unknown


185. Time to stop being so nice thinking about everybody else's happiness and start thinking about mine… in other words time to start becoming a cold hearted bitch


186. “Kindness, along with its close companions empathy, compassion, and love, is an aspect of consciousness that cannot be created or destroyed.” – Angela C. Santomero


187. “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”


188. “DON'T JUDGE EACH DAY BY THE HARVEST YOU REAP BUT BY THE SEEDS THAT YOU PLANT.”


189. “True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.”


190. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.” – Jesse Jackson


191. “No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles.”


192. “Always be a little kinder than necessary.” ― James Barry


193. “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” – Mother Teresa


194. “Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” ― Confucius


195. “Be nice to people even if your own heart is breaking, because there’s no need to break theirs too.” – Unknown


196. 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


197. “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves” — James Matthew Barrie


198. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort. —Humphry Davy


199. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”


200. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ― Ian MacLaren


201. “The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.”


202. “Neighbor: the nicest enemy you will ever get.” ― Bangambiki Habyarimana


203. “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee


204. “Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” ~ Henry James


205. “All I’m saying is, kindness doesn’t have any boundaries.” – Kathryn Stockett


206. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi


207. “When nothing goes right, go left.”


208. “Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.” ― Will Rogers


209. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou


210. “Research has shown that a simple act of kindness directed toward another improves the functioning of the immune system and stimulates the production of serotonin in both the recipient of the kindness and the person extending the kindness. Kindness extended, received or observed beneficially impacts the physical health and feelings of everyone involved.” – Wayne Dyer


211. “I THINK THE BEST MANAGERS HAVE CARING, KIND, EMPATHETIC PERSONALITIES.”


212. “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”


213. “Kindness is a magical spell—performed by enlightened beings—meant to enchant hearts and lift weary souls that they might fly.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich


214. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” —Steve Maraboli


215. “The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.” ~ Sarah Fielding


216. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama


217. “The more we consciously choose kindness over criticism or animosity, the more we develop the “kindness muscles” that give us the strength to deal with life in an effective, joyful way.” – Angela C. Santomero


218. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” ― Kahlil Gibran


219. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” ― Albert Schweitzer


220. “Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do.” – Brooke Shields


221. “Be nice, else you’ll spend the rest of your life fighting and competing and you’ll never trust anyone and you will end up just not being very happy and stuff.” – Unknown


222. “See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer


223. “Choosing kindness is just as easy as smiling.” ― Jacob Tremblay


224. “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


225. “Kindness makes you the most beautiful person in the world no matter what you look like.” – Unknown


226. “It takes strength to be kind; it’s not a weakness.” — Daniel Lubetzky


227. What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?~ Jean Jacques Rousseau


228. “Friendship is two-sided. It isn’t a friend just because someone’s doing something nice for you. That’s a nice person. There’s friendship when you do for each other. It’s like marriage – it’s two-sided.” —John Wooden


229. “Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” ― Roy T. Bennett


230. “Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.” – Pema Chodron


231. “Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.” ~ Evelyn Underhill


232. “My religion is kindness.” – Dalai Lama


233. “Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.” ― David Levithan


234. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill


235. “Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.” – Zig Ziglar


236. “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” ~ Bob Kerrey


237. “I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don’t.”


238. “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”


239. Even the nicest people have their limits


240. “The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.” ― Yoko Ono


241. “She's nice when it suits her. That doesn't mean she's nice.” ― Rachel Caine242. “WHEN WE FEEL LOVE AND KINDNESS TOWARD OTHERS, IT NOT ONLY MAKES OTHERS FEEL LOVED AND CARED FOR, BUT IT HELPS US ALSO TO DEVELOP INNER HAPPINESS AND PEACE.”


243. “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” —Pablo Casais


244. “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that’s when I start counting, because that’s when it really counts.”


245. “When you're nice, you're not bullying people. But when you're kind, you stand up against the bully.” ― Daniel Lubetzky246. “Maleficent doesn't know anything about love or kindness or the joy of helping others. You know, sometimes I think she isn't very happy.”


247. “You can never know the ripple effect you create with one tiny gesture of kindness.” – Elle Sommer248. “GOOD WORDS BRING GOOD FEELINGS TO THE HEART. SPEAK WITH KINDNESS, ALWAYS. ”


249. “How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.”


250. “Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.” – Aaron Neville251. “Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.”


252. “If you can be anything, be kind” – UNKNOWN


253. “But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”― Rick Riordan254. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou


255. “Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are.”


256. “When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” ― William Arthur Ward


257. “It doesn’t do any good to argue. Be kind.” ― Richard G. Scott


258. “One of the biggest barriers to a Kinder world is the way we speak about Kindness. When we make something sound easy, we don’t allocate the necessary resources, energy, or time to actually improve at it.” – Houston Kraft


259. “To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” —Confucius


260. “Don't mistake niceness for weakness.” ― Jennifer Granholm


261. “No one is born hating another person…People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela


262. “KINDNESS BUILDS EMOTIONAL CAPITAL.”


263. “Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength.” – Unknown


264. “One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others’ feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others’ weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all — to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high.” -Ezra Taft Benson


265. “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.”


266. “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.


267. “Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.”


268. “THE IDEALS WHICH HAVE LIGHTED MY WAY, AND TIME AFTER TIME HAVE GIVEN ME NEW COURAGE TO FACE LIFE CHEERFULLY, HAVE BEEN KINDNESS, BEAUTY, AND TRUTH”


269. “It’s easy to be nice to people who don’t mean that much to us. But if something matters to us, we will fight to make it work in our favour. Do we even know what is in our favour?”


270. “The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind.” ― Ingrid Newkirk


271. “When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.”


272. “It doesn't cost me anything to be kind.” — Paddington


273. “Let our hearts be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf


274. “Each time I perform an act of kindness, a part of me heals.” —Lupi Ngcayisa


275. “Nice is something you do to please others, even if you have no interest, desire, or reason to. Kindness, on the other hand, assumes that you are true to yourself first.”


276. “Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.”


277. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” — Philo


278. “I HAVE NEVER MET A PERSON WHOSE GREATEST NEED WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN REAL, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. YOU CAN FIND IT IN A SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS TOWARD SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP. THERE IS NO MISTAKING LOVE, IT IS THE COMMON FIBER OF LIFE, THE FLAME THAT HEATS OUR SOUL, ENERGIZES OUR SPIRIT AND SUPPLIES PASSION TO OUR LIVES.”


279. “Extend yourself in kindness to other human beings wherever you can.” – Oprah Winfrey


280. “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” –Scott Adams


281. “The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do with your attitude and how you treat people.” – Germany Kent


282. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”


283. “Always be a little kinder than necessary.” – James Barry


284. “It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man.” ― George Takei


285. “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mr. Rogers


286. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”- Leo Buscaglia


287. “Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter.” – Sam Altman


288. “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” – Bob Kerrey


289. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain


290. “Tiny acts of kindness can have BIG results.” ― Elizabeth Bourgeret


291. “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” ― Margaret Mead


292. “Sometimes the hardest kindness to do is for yourself.” – Orly Wahba


293. “Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.” ~ Amelia Barr


294. “There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.” ― Cicero


295. “Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.”


296. “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” —Bob KerreyRD.COM


297. “Compassion is a passion with a heart.”


298. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” ― Lao Tzu


299. “What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.” ― Cleveland Amory


300. Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do.


301. “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.” — Dr. Seuss


302. “KINDNESS OVER EVERYTHING.”


303. “I am my number one obstacle to overcome when it comes to practicing Kindness.” – Houston Kraft


304. “Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.” – Dennis Prager


305. “Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.” ― C. A. Bartol


306. “The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.” —Sarah Fielding.RD.COM


307. “Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.” – Og Mandino


308. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” —Mark Twain


309. “Ask yourself: have you been kind today? Make kindness your modus operandi and change your world.”


310. “Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.” – Theodore Isaac Rubin


311. “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”


312. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”


313. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” ~ Steve Maraboli


314. “With all of the bad things that are happening in the world right now, I think we need a message of togetherness and true unity. I believe that starts with personal reflection and then we can find kindness toward each other.”


315. “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”


316. “Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.” ~ King Solomon


317. “The love, kindnesses, and value we have given authentically to others will be our remaining treasures at the end of life.” – Steve Brunkhorst


318. “If you have an impulse to kindness, act on it.” ― Douglas Coupland


319. “I'm a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don't deserve niceness. I'll turn very quickly. But I'm pretty pleasant overall.” ― Noel Clarke


320. “Kindness isn’t a tactic. It’s a command… Civility and decency aren’t incompatible with ‘taking sides.’ It doesn’t require anyone to fold in the face of angry opposition. Kindness doesn’t conflict with conviction, and our commitments to kindness are biblically inseparable from our commitments to justice. We aren’t to choose between them, we’re to embrace them both.”


321. “Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.” — Eric Hoffer


322. “How little kindness there is in the world today!” – Mr. Peters, ‘The Mask Of Dimitrios,’ 1944


323. “Was I kind to others? It was hard to nail down an answer. I worried that if I did turn out to have a personality, it would be one the unkind ones.” ― Sally Rooney


324. “Kindness costs nothing, yet it is a most precious gift.” – Katrina Mayer


325. “Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” —Scott Adams


326. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” ~ Dr. Seuss


327. “Kind people always seem to suffer the most.” ― Stewart Stafford


328. “An egoist lives in poverty. A kind person lives in abundance.” ― Maxime Lagacé


329. “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.”


330. “Human beings need to watch out for reasonless niceness too. It's never reasonless and its reason's not usually nice.” ― David Mitchell


331. “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”


332. “Always be a little kinder than necessary.” ~ James M. Barrie


333. “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” ~ Scott Adams


334. “The main thing is that it’s nice to see these young people – 9 to 14 years old – take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.” —Rafer Johnson


335. “Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” ~ Tommy Lee Jones


336. “When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.” ~ Dalai Lama


337. “Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” ― Robert Green Ingersoll


338. “I have seen human beings do and become terrible things as they destroy the world. I have also learned that only those things made of kindness, justice, and hope can save the world.” — Danté Stewart


339. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson


340. “Simple kindness may be the most vital key to the riddle of how human beings can live with each other in peace, and care properly for this planet we all share.” – Bo Lozoff


341. “Kindness makes you the most beautiful person in the world, no matter what you look like.” – Anonymous


342. “Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.” ― William Shakespeare


343. “WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS.”


344. “Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away.” —Abraham Lincoln. For even more inspiration, read up on the most powerful quotes about life.


345. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead


346. I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.


347. “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.” — Maya Angelou


348. “Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.” ~ Dalai Lama


349. “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” — A.A. Milne


350. “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” – Jackie Chan


351. “Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.”352. “We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.”353. Sometimes you have to be kind to others, not because they're nice, but because you are


354. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.”


355. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca


356. “I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent Van Gogh


357. “A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.” —Ralph Lauren


358. “I really think I am a nice person. [But] this is not going to be an election on niceness. This is going to be an election on competence.”


359. “Kind words don’t cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” – Blaise Pascal360. “If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”361. “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” —Dalai Lama362. “Nice Guys fix and caretake. If a person has a problem, has a need, is angry, depressed or sad, Nice Guys will frequently attempt to solve or fix the situation (usually without being asked).”—Robert A. Glover


363. The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.


364. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.” —Albert Schweitzer


365. “The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” —William Wordsworth


366. “Be the kind of grown up that you needed as a child (or was fortunate to have had as one).” ― Jill Telford


367. “Kind thoughts, kind action.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita


368. “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” —Marlene Dietrich


369. “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.” ― Bill Gates


370. Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind. ~ Henry James


371. “I am practicing being kind instead of right.”


372. We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness.373. “As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.” – Caroline Kennedy


374. “A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.” —Joseph Joubert


375. “Kindness is an electrical spark of life that runs through all kingdoms and has a reciprocal action when shown to others.” —Joe Hayes


376. “KINDNESS MEANS BUILDING BRIDGES INSTEAD OF WALLS.”


377. “A kind word is like a spring day.” —Russian proverb


378. “Life is mostly froth and bubble. Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” ― Adam Lindsay Gordon


379. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible” – Dalai Lama


380. “To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” – Confucius


381. “An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.” – Kahlil Gibran


382. The most entertaining songs don’t always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I’m being really sensitive, they seem quite boring actually. I’ve found that the songs that come out of nastier, more misanthropic places are better.


383. “Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need.” – Ellen De Generes


384. “Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.” ― Samuel Johnson


385. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca


386. “Someone will always pop up to say, "You would be more effective if you were nicer." "You would have a more receptive audience if you adjusted your tone." "You catch more flies with honey." Well, I don't want flies. The most likable woman in the world is crawling with fucking flies.”


387. “Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.” –Ephesians 4:32, Holy Bible


388. “There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time.” ― Benoit Mandelbrot389. “Kindness is your soul’s basic nature, acknowledge it and be kind.” ~ Invajy


390. “Kids want to appear tough and independent. Adults want to appear kind and perfect. The wise are just kind.” ― Maxime Lagacé


391. “Seeking women’s approval gives women the power to define men and determine their worth. If a woman says he is “wrong” or thinks he is a “jerk,” a Nice Guy will be inclined to believe she is right.”—Robert A. Glover


392. “Happiness is the new rich. Inner peace is the new success. Health is the new wealth. Kindness is the new cool.” ― Syed Balkhi


393. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up.” ~ Booker T. Washington


394. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” ~ Wendy Mass


395. “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” – Og Mandino396. “As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.” – Tracee Ellis Ross


397. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ― Mark Twain


398. “Always be kinder than you feel.” – Unknown


399. “You’re never too important to be nice to people.” – Unknown


400. “When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.”- Buddha


401. “True compassion means not only feeling another’s pain but also being moved to help relieve it.”


402. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ~ Mark Twain


403. Life is short but there is always time for courtesy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson


404. “Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.” – Jimmy Durante405. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” —Leo Buscaglia.RD.COM


406. “We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.”― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison407. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson


408. “Small acts of kindness add up, and in the end may save the world.” ― Lex Fridman


409. “A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.” — William Hazlitt


410. “If you expect something in return for being a nice person, you aren’t a nice person.”


411. “Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” ~ Confucius


412. “You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on.” ― Dolly Parton


413. “When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.”


414. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important,”― Kathryn Stockett, The Help


415. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu


416. “Being nice takes work. That’s why I really like people who are nice.” – Casey Neistat


417. “If you are continually judging and criticizing yourself while trying to be kind to others, you are drawing artificial boundaries and distinctions that only lead to feelings of separation and isolation.” – Kristin Neff


418. “Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.” – Bernie Siegel


419. “It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.” ― John Templeton


420. “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” —George Sand


421. “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt. RD.COM


422. “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.” ~ Publilius Syrus


423. “Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.” – Confucius


424. “When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.” – the Dalai Lama


425. “What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau


426. “Kindness anticipates others’ needs and wishes” – Lawrence G. Lovasik427. “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


428. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” —Mother Teresa


429. “Niceness is magic, but no one thinks of it that way since it's quiet and constant.” ― Kimberly Karalius


430. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” —Roy T. Bennett


431. “To make a difference in someone’s life you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care.” – Mandy Hale


432. “Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” —Tommy Lee Jones


433. “The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.” – Audrey Hepburn


434. “Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.” ― Kiana Tom


435. “A kind word is like a Spring day.” ~ Russian Proverb


436. “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” -George Sand


437. “Fear and niceness, the handmaids of all women, or more truly, woman its pretty self.” ― William Shakespeare


438. “Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.” ~ Og Mandino


439. Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.


440. “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” ― William Arthur Ward


441. “It costs nothing to be nice.” – Unknown


442. I hate it when you have to be nice to someone you really want to throw a brick at


443. “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


444. “The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.” ― Woodrow Wilson


445. “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”


446. “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” —William Arthur Ward


447. “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions and the roots spring up and make new trees.” ― Amelia Earhart


448. “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” ~ Mother Teresa


449. “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 Diana450. “Be nice to everyone you meet, they are fighting a battle you know nothing about.”


451. “Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time.” ― Ron Hall


452. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” ― Blaise Pascal


453. “How would your life be different if… You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.” – Steve Maraboli


454. “Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.” ― Amelia Barr


455. “KINDNESS IS A VAST COLOR THAT ONLY YOUR HEART KNOWS HOW TO PAINT.”


456. “Right. A nice guy with something going for him and not any of these knuckleheads running around here with drama and what not”


457. “If I win, it's nice. But even if I don't win, I will keep smiling.” ― Simona Halep


458. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.


459. My niceness got me no more. Actually a lot of people has taken that for granted. So with that being said don't speak to me at all


460. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson


461. “I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.” – Lady Gaga


462. “Don't let a cruel word escape your mouth. There's no greater sin than breaking a heart.”


463. “Kindness is always in stock”


464. “When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.” ― Harold S. Kushner


465. “We can’t heal the world today, but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.” ― Mary Davis


466. “Never say mean things out of anger. Your anger will pass. But your mean words can scar a person for life. So use kind words or be silent.” – Unknown


467. “You can only find comfort in being nice when you expect nothing in return.”


468. “Forbearance and genuine tenderheartedness are much tougher than niceness, and sometimes…tough love is confrontational (p. 54).”


469. “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”


470. “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For indeed, that’s all who ever have.” ― Margaret Mead


471. “Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the flowers, kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden. And keep out the weeds. Fill it with sunshine, kind words, and kind deeds.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


472. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” ~Kahlil Gibran


473. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain


474. “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” —Harold S. Kushner475. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca.RD.COM


476. “You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson.RD.COM


477. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”


478. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” —Aesop


479. “Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.” – Henry Van Dyke


480. “Choosing kindness is just as easy as smiling.” –Justin Tremblay


481. “Our human compassion binds us the one to the other—not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” – Nelson Mandela


482. “You will never change what you tolerate.” ― Joel Osteen


483. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.


484. “Treat others as you wish to be treated. Don't just be nice, but be kind to other people. That can be so rewarding.” ― Mary Lambert


485. “You seriously have no idea what people are dealing with in their personal life. So just be nice, it’s that simple.” – Unknown


486. “You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.” ― Sophia Loren


487. “Love and kindness go hand in hand.” –Marian Keyes


488. “The opposite of nice is knowing who you are, what you believe in, and what you value. It’s you being powerful and going after what you want because you are no longer held back by the fear of what others will think of you. It’s you being fierce, determined, and courageous. It’s you being your best self. ”—Aziz Gazipura


489. “To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.” — Tariq Ramadan490. “There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.”


491. “Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.”


492. “You don’t have to be perfect, just try to be kind. Perfection is inferior to kindness.” ― Debasish Mridha


493. “I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.” ― Lady Gaga


494. “People just deserve to be treated with kindness.” – Sophia Bush


495. “Kindness makes you the most beautiful person in the world, no matter what you look like.” ~ Anonymous


496. “No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.” ~ Amelia Earhart


497. Kindness trumps everything. Kind people are magnets for all of the good things in life.


498. “A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”


499. “We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.”


500. “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder


501. “The best way to counteract self-criticism, therefore, is to understand it, have compassion for it, and then replace it with a kinder response.” – Kristin Neff


502. “A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour


503. “Nick can do a pretty good nice, but it's not the real deal. His is a thin, watery nice, a niceness-au-jus drizzled over a great big asshole sandwich.” ― Melissa DeCarlo


504. “To touch someone with kindness is to change someone forever.” – Mike Dooley


505. “In the end only kindness matters”


506. “Genuine kindness is no ordinary act, but a gift of rare beauty.” ~ Sylvia Rossetti


507. “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”


508. “Compassion is about giving all the love that you’ve got.”


509. “Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.” —Frank A. Clark


510. “Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.” ― Molly Ivins


511. “One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort; "one comes for life. Buon giorno! Buon giorno!” ― E. M. Forster512. “Your acts of kindness can have a lasting impact on people and the communities in which they live.” – Angela C. Santomero


513. “If you can’t be kind, be quiet.” – Unknown


514. “*Nice* was a word that I'd not been able to say in such a long time, and it encompassed so much in that moment. It truly did. *Nice* is a throwaway word until it's not.”


515. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”- Albert Schweitzer


516. “Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.” ― Barbara DeAngelis


517. “A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.” ― Dave Barry


518. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.”


519. Be nice to the environment. Be nice to animals. Be nice to people. If you do that, you will leave a mark on the world.


520. “Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.” – Andrew Iskander


521. “Over-niceness may be under-niceness.” ― Samuel Richardson


522. I'm a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don't deserve niceness. I'll turn very quickly. But I'm pretty pleasant overall.


523. “What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.” ~ Richard Gere


524. “Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.” ― Wilson Mizner


525. “For us to feel good emotionally, we have to look after ourselves.”


526. “You can cultivate mercy when you extend acts of compassion and kindness to yourself and to other people.” ~ Bree Miller


527. “I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.” —Lady Gaga


528. “Education teaches us compassion and kindness, connection to others.” – Jill Biden


529. “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” ― Kahlil Gibran


530. “How can we so collectively believe in Kindness yet be so collectively bad at it?” –Houston Kraft


531. “Be a little kinder than you have to.” ― E. Lockhart


532. “The catch phrase for the day is ‘Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.’” –Harvey Ball


533. “I am practicing being kind instead of right.” ― Matthew Quick534. “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”


535. “KINDNESS IS GIVING HOPE TO THOSE WHO THINK THEY ARE ALL ALONE IN THIS WORLD.”


536. “Being nice is often about avoiding conflict, letting inappropriate actions slide, or bottling up words and actions that ought to be spoken and enacted to prevent creating an uncomfortable scene. At its worst, being nice reinforces actions and attitudes that strip away human dignity.”


537. “Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don’t like them.” — Stacy London


538. “If you want peace, be calm. If you want love, be loving. If you want kindness, be kind.” – Mary Davis


539. “Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers.” – Kahlil Gibran


540. “BEING NICE IS ROI POSITIVE.”


541. “Kindness is wisdom” –Philip James Bailey


542. “The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.” ― Ed Sheeran


543. “A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.” —Joseph JoubertRD.COM


544. “A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.” – John Ruskin545. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” – Mother Teresa


546. “Many people do not understand that people can actually be nice.”


547. “Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.” – Charles Glassman


548. “Life is good. Pass it on.”


549. “Give yourself some kindness today until you’re filled and pass it on.” – Lori Hil


550. “Compassion isn’t about solutions. It’s about giving all the love that you’ve got.” —Cheryl Strayed. Check out these “dream big” quotes that’ll motivate you right now.


551. “Today i will do what others won't so tomorrow i can do what others can’t.”


552. “The opposite of nice is being real. It’s being direct, honest, and truthful. It’s saying what you really think, expressing how you really feel, and sharing what’s true for you in that moment. This authenticity allows others to see and know the real you, which allows you to really feel love and connection ”—Aziz Gazipura


553. “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” – Unknown


554. “I believe in kindness and niceness and lots of spiritual things, but the real intellectual rigor and quest of logic is something that I'm afraid takes incredibly hard work and we live in an age in which hard work is if not actively deprecated or denigrated it is run away from or ignored.” ― Stephen Fry


555. “Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.” ~ Sophocles


556. “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


557. “What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau


558. “Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering for them.” – Dalai Lama


559. “Don’t tell me how educated you are, show me how kind you are; education has no meaning if you’re not kind enough.” ― Debasish Mridha


560. “Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.”


561. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”


562. “A lot of warm vulgarity is incomparably preferable to a little bit of pinched niceness.”


563. “Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” —Jackie Chan.RD.COM


564. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” -Mark Twain


565. Give People A Piece Of Your Heart Rather Than A Piece Of Your Mind. Life is too short to be talking about spent people and stirring up trouble that has no substance.Instead get caught up in being way nicer than necessary.


566. “Just about the worst thing an artist can do is to try and be a nice person.” ― Amanda Craig


567. Be nice or else you'll spend the rest of your life fighting and competing and you'll never trust anyone and you will end up just not being very happy and stuff


568. Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.


569. “I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.” —Roald Dahl


570. “I believe in kindness and niceness and lots of spiritual things, but the real intellectual rigor and quest of logic is something that I’m afraid takes incredibly hard work and we live in an age in which hard work is if not actively deprecated or denigrated it is run away from or ignored.”


571. “I don't feel like I have to be nice and apologetic all of the time. I'm trying to be strong and fierce.” ― Emma Mackey


572. “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” ~ Anne Herbert


573. “But what we can do is start being kind to ourselves when confronting our limitations, and we can suffer less because of them.” – Kristin Neff


574. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”


575. “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ― Dalai Lama


576. “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” ~ Og Mandino


577. “As long as the gay Nice Guy can convince himself that he is not sexually attracted to women, he can delude himself into thinking that women don’t have any power over him.”—Robert A. Glover578. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.” ― Leo Buscaglia


579. Don't mistake niceness for weakness.


580. “It’s wise to be kind. It’s wiser to be kind and truthful.” ― Maxime Lagacé


581. “We should respect all religions and just believe in peace, kindness and harmony.” ― Ananya Panday


582. “The best life strategy? Be loving, be kind, be intentional, and be authentically you — not the shadow version of self masquerading and parading as you. The version with all the flaws, the baggage, and the love; that you that exists in spite of whatever the world may throw at you.”


583. “The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind.”


584. “I understand the urge to be nice. I know how strong the invisible forces of guilt and fear can be. How difficult it can be to push through this to say what you really want, and express what you really think and feel. I also know how all-consuming the backlash of anxiety and guilt can be after you’ve been more direct, expressive, honest, or assertive.”—Aziz Gazipura


585. “The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.” – Albert Einstein


586. “To kindness and love, the things we need most.” —The Grinch


587. “Every act of kindness is a piece of love we leave behind.” – Paul Williams


588. “99% OF PEOPLE HAVE GOOD, POSITIVE MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES AND THEY NEVER THINK TO SHARE THAT ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. YET, THE SECOND SOMEBODY CUTS THEM OFF THE ROAD, THE CASHIER IS SLOW, OR THEY DON’T LIKE WHAT’S GOING ON IN POLITICS, THEY GET NASTY. WE NEED TO MAKE POSITIVITY AND KINDNESS LOUDER.”


589. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person


590. “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson


591. As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.


592. Be a Nice Human


593. “Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.” – Teresa of Avila594. “It takes strength to be kind; it’s not a weakness.” ― Daniel Lubetzky


595. “I'm very nice. I'm nice to everyone who deserves my niceness. -Emmy” ― Robin Benway


596. “Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” ― Mother Teresa


597. “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” – Harold S. Kushner


598. “There’s no such things as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” ― Scott Adams


599. “Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.” —Eric Hoffer.RD.COM


600. “Holden... One short, faintly stuffy, pedagogical question. Don't you think there's a time and place for everything? Don't you think if someone starts out to tell you about his father's farm, he should stick to his guns, then get around to telling you about his uncle's brace? Or, if his uncle's brace is such a provocative subject, shouldn't he have selected it in the first place as his subject—not the farm?'


601. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ~ Maya Angelou


602. “Kindness anticipates others’ needs and wishes.” ― Lawrence G. Lovasik


603. “It is a lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.”


604. “Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.” —Andrew Iskander.RD.COM


605. “Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” ― Roy Bennett


606. “Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” ― Henry James


607. “Do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa


608. “I honor the sanctity of all religions — I'm not here to put them down. But the only religion that I personally embrace is the religion of kindness.”


609. “Wheelies” with Yoga Wheel


610. “Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude.” – Confucius


611. “GENUINE KINDNESS IS THE ULTIMATE STRENGTH”


612. “Kindness extended, received, or observed beneficially impacts the physical health and feelings of everyone involved.” – Wayne Dyer


613. “Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa


614. “Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your modus operandi and change your world.” – Annie Lennox


615. “Things can go away just like that. You got to be always respectful and nice and positive.~Rich Brian


616. “Children learn from our example. If we want to teach next generation how to be kind we have to be kinder to them first. Simple!” ― Purvi Raniga617. “Always be a little kinder than necessary.” -James M. Barrie


618. “What I want is so simple I almost can’t say it: elementary kindness.” ― Barbara Kingsolver619. “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” —Whoopi Goldberg


620. “Cathy's a nice person, in a forceful sort of way. She makes you notice her niceness.” ― Paula Hawkins


621. It costs nothing to be NICE


622. “Feminism has to fight 'the tyranny of niceness'. It is, and has always been, one of the most potent forces holding women back.”


623. “I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone’s name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humor, all the far more relevant stuff.” – Bill Nighy


624. “Kindness begins with understanding we all struggle.” – Charles Glassman


625. “Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.” – Kiana Tom


626. “Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.” —Ellen DeGeneres


627. “Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.” ― J.M. Barrie


628. “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” —Bob Kerrey


629. “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson


630. “Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone’s life forever.” – Margaret Cho


631. “Random acts of kindness can bring joy to both the giver and the receiver.” ― Vee Freir


632. “REMEMBER THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS. EVERY ACT CREATES A RIPPLE WITH NO LOGICAL END”


633. “One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.”


634. “Perhaps you will forget the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.” – Dale Carnegie


635. “YOU CANNOT DO A KINDNESS TO SOON, FOR YOU NEVER KNOW HOW SOON IT WILL BE TOO LATE”


636. “A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.” ~ Joseph Joubert


637. “Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another’s unhappiness.” — Aesop


638. “Always be kind, but kindness doesn’t mean that you have to not say what you think.” ― Grace VanderWaal


639. “It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.” ― Roger Scruton


640. “You know how ESPN works; they'll throw themselves into a frenzy over Tebow's white bread lame ass niceness and then vilify Johnny Football just 'cause he rages now and then.” ― Dabo Swinney


641. “I discovered that being nice can make us secretly less loving and more burnt out over time as we stray further and further from our authentic selves.”—Aziz Gazipura


642. “It's easy to be nice to people who don't mean that much to us. But if something matters to us, we will fight to make it work in our favour. Do we even know what is in our favour?”


643. “When checking in at an airport, no matter how rude the check-in person is to you, always smile and be nice because you don’t know what kind of day they’ve had. You are going on holiday and they’re stuck wherever they are. Be nice to them because they can re-route your baggage to wherever they feel like.” —Ross Kemp


644. “Genuine kindness is no ordinary act, but a gift of rare beauty.” ― Sylvia Rossetti


645. “Human beings need to have only one act: human kindness. This small act can change a person’s life with only compassion. Kindness begins when you speak words from the heart. Kindness consists of love and the act creates a ripple. Constant kindness can change everything. Only kindness allows you to develop compassion of the deepest significance.” – Anonymous


646. “When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.” – Patrick Stump


647. “Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.” — Dr. Seuss


648. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ― Aesop


649. “A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world and might be even more difficult to save.” —C. S. Lewis


650. “He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.” -Benjamin Franklin


651. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”


652. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” —Mother Teresa. Check out more of the best quotes from famous people you certainly won’t forget.


653. “Regardless of whether they were abused, abandoned, neglected, shamed, used, smothered, controlled, or objectified, all Nice Guys internalized the same belief — it was a bad or dangerous thing for them to be just who they were.”—Robert A. Glover


654. “If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”


655. “Look for a way to lift someone up. And if that’s all you do, that’s enough.”


656. “The simple act of caring is heroic.” ― Edward Albert


657. “You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.” ― Mort Walker


658. “KINDNESS IS ALWAYS REWARDED. SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING.”


659. “Being nice isn’t necessarily the same as being kind.” ― Anthony T. Hincks


660. “Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.” – William Arthur Ward


661. “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.” ― Albert Einstein


662. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” ~ Desmond Tutu


663. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” ― Nelson Mandela


664. “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”


665. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” ~ Albert Schweitzer


666. “For when pain is at its most severe the very intensity finds means of ending it. Nobody can be in acute pain and feel it for long. Nature in her unlimited kindness to us has so arranged things as to make pain either bearable or brief.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca


667. “HOW DO WE CHANGE THE WORLD? ONE RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS AT A TIME”


668. “Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” —Barbara De AngelisRD.COM


669. “Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time.” — Richard Carlson


670. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”― Anne Frank


671. “Be the person that makes others feel included.” – Unknown


672. “Giving kindness does us as much good as receiving it.” ― Piero Ferrucci


673. “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” – Audrey Hepburn


674. “Kindness is a universal language.” – RAKTIVIST675. “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart


676. “Happiness is the new rich. Inner peace is the new success. Health is the new wealth. Kindness is the new cool.” – Syed Balkhi


677. “Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it’s a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it’s there, and you particularly notice it when it isn’t. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.” —John Lanchester


678. “Drop the people who do not value you, respect you. Life has infinite horizons. Accept yourself, love yourself, and move forward.”


679. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” — Seneca


680. “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”


681. “I really think I am a nice person. [But] this is not going to be an election on niceness. This is going to be an election on competence.” ― Donald Trump


682. “I love you sounds best spoken in quiet acts of kindness.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich


683. “Kindness gives birth to kindness.” —Sophocles


684. “Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.” —Charles GlassmanRD.COM


685. You will never have a completely bad day if you show kindness at least once.


686. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important,”


687. “Don’t confuse kindness with weakness.” – Gabriel, ‘Swordfish,’ 2001


688. “The man who receives kindness get inspired to be kind to others.” ― Amit Kalantri


689. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” -Albert Schweitzer


690. “Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.” – John Gerzema


691. “Maleficent doesn’t know anything about love or kindness or the joy of helping others. You know, sometimes I think she isn’t very happy.” – Fauna, ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ 1959.’


692. “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”693. One doesn't come to Italy for niceness, was the retort; one comes for life. Buon giorno! Buon giorno.


694. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” —The 14th Dalai Lama.RD.COM


695. “If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.”


696. “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan


697. “If we are asking for the world to be kind, we must first ask what are we doing to add more kindness to the world. If we are asking for the world to be more loving, we must first ask what are we doing to add more love to the world. We are the vessels for the things we seek.”


698. “You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” ― Al Capone


699. “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson


700. “It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.” ~ Aristotle

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