40 Things Every Girl Who's Ever Been Called 'Too Nice' Needs To Hear Right Now

“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

— Taylor Swift, taylorswift.com

“She loves the world, and her kindness and love glows in everything she does. If you’re down, she can bring you up with just that simple turn of her lips. And even if she’s driving you crazy, or the both of you are in the middle of a heated argument, one smile from her makes all the anger fade away.”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“Even a tiny act of kindness can have the impact of a tidal wave.”

— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com

“Give, but give until it hurts.”

— Mother Teresa, facebook.com

“Being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

“I’ve made mistakes in my life. I’ve let people take advantage of me, and I have accepted way less than I deserve. But, I’ve learned from my bad choices, and even though there are some things I can never recover and people who will never be sorry, I now know better for next time. Next time I won’t se…”

— Unknown, facebook.com

“In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.”

— Mother Teresa, catholic.org

“Being called the nice girl is way better than being called a bitch.”

— Lauren Conrad, selflovebeauty.com

“Being nice doesn't necessarily mean you're weak. You can be nice and be strong at the same time.”

— Shelley Moore Capito, linkedin.com

“Being nice to someone you dislike doesn’t mean you’re FAKE. It means you are mature enough to tolerate your dislike towards them.”

— Unknown, twitter.com

“Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.”

— Dwayne Johnson, mtv.com

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

— Lillie Langtry, amazon.com

“My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton, amazon.com

“Being a good girl means suppressing a lot.”

— Jennifer Jason Leigh, people.com

“Being an all-around, genuinely nice guy is a key element to determining boyfriend material. Is your future beau even-keeled and even-tempered? Does he treat people with respect and non-judgment? Does he volunteer his time or funds in some capacity?”

— Kara Pound, datingadvice.com

“Even the nicest people have their limits, because the nicest people are also the scariest assholes when they’ve had enough.”

— Unknown, twitter.com

“I wish I was harder; I wish I didn't care so much about being the nice girl all the time because a lot of the time people can take kindness for weakness, so I wish I had a little bit more 'oomph' in me.”

— Tyra Banks, abcnews.go.com

“Be nice to people, be kind, and be considerate all you want, but at the end of the day, never put someone else before you.”

— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com

“Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do.”

— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com

“This killing them with kindness is taking longer than I thought it would.”

— Boyd, twitter.com

“how is it so easy for you to be kind to people he asked milk and honey dripped from my lips as i answered cause people have not been kind to me”

— Rupi Kaur, amazon.com

“I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.”

— Tracey Gold, cnn.com

“The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.”

— Unknown, coffeepeople.tumblr.com

“Be nice to everyone, always smile and appreciate things, because one day it all could be gone.”

— Cory Monteith, pinterest.com

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

— Aesop, pinterest.com

“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, advocate.com

“I think that kindness is an innate quality that we all have. We need to see more of it in the world.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

“They say all it takes to ruin a place is one bad egg, but I think the opposite. All it took to restore my faith... was one random act of kindness.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

“Treat every living being, including yourself, with kindness, and the world will immediately be a better place.”

— Timber Hawkeye

“When you show kindness you inspire it in others.”

— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com