We know how it feels when someone is kind to us, but have you ever noticed that you get a feel-good-about-yourself vibe whenever you are kind to someone else?
Being kind to others doesn't only benefit the recipient, we get to feel good about ourselves for our 'selfless' act. We get to feel pleasure in watching someone else benefit from our actions, in other words, when we are kind to others, we are kind to ourselves too.
1. The positive energy and love we give to others, heals our own wounds. - Angie Karen
2. If speaking kindly to plants helps them to grow, imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do. – Unknown
3. Just like your mother, you're unfailingly kind. A trait people never fail to undervalue. - Dumbledore (to Harry - Half Blood Prince)
4. Always help someone. You might be the only one that does. – Unknown
5. Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten. – Unknown
6. Happiness is the new rich. Inner peace is the new success. Health is the new wealth. Kindness is the new cool. - Syed Balkhi
7. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible - 14th Dalai Lama
8. If you walk through life and don't help anybody, you haven't had much of a life. - Fred Hampton
9. I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. - Lionel Messi
10. Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. - Mother Teresa
11. 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
12. The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. – William James
13. It’s nice to be important, it’s more important to be nice. – Unknown
14. Every single time you help somebody stand up, you are helping humanity rise. – Steve Maraboli
15. When I was young, I admired clever people. Now I am old I admire kind people. - Abraham Heschel
16. Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. – Helen James
17. The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously - and have somebody find out. – Oscar Wilde
18. As we arise each morning, let us determine to respond with love and kindness to whatever might come our way. - Thomas S. Monson
19. You seriously have no idea what people are dealing with in their lives. So just be nice it's that simple. – Unknown
20. Good people do things for other people. That's it. The end. - Ricky Gervais
21. I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me but rude to the waiter, because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position. - Muhammad Ali
22. Whenever you feel like criticising anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had. -F. Scott Fitzgerald
23. Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution. - Kahlil Gibran
24. Never look down on anybody, unless you are helping them up. - Jesse Jackson
25. Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? - David Baldacci
26. Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside. - Coco Chanel
27. The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King Jr
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