“You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“When all has been said and done, old souls give more than take. If your partner is an old soul they will leave you feeling as though you are a better, smarter, wiser, more improved and wholer version of yourself than what you were before you met them.”— Aletheia Luna, lonerwolf.com
“It took strength to be quiet. It took strength to be kind. It took strength to let other people's cruelty bounce right off of you.”— April Genevieve Tucholke, amazon.com
“You can be beautiful, kind and, also, strong. Strength can be shown in very many ways besides a sword or bow.”— Ufuoma Apoki, amazon.com
“Kindness. This might sound like a bit of a cliché, but true kindness really is rare these days. Sure, you get people who are nice to those who hold some sort of value to them, but how many people do you meet every day that would go and talk to the lone stranger crying in the street? Men don’t want t…”— Dharam Barrett, iheartintelligence.com
“He isn’t going to change. It’s an uncomfortable pill to swallow, knowing your kindness and huge heart are wasted on him. But he’s zapping your energy. He’s sucking you dry.”— Kris Miller, thoughtcatalog.com
“This man really knows how to treat a woman. He shows you respect, he doesn’t get disrespectful when you argue, and he has never put his hands on you out of anger.”— Naomi Epps, blackloveadvice.com
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“For the past 16 years I have put everything and everyone ahead of myself.”— Dan Fogelman, Rebecca, Mandy Moore, imdb.com
“No matter how cruel the world becomes, you must never let go of your kindness.”— carlinrose, wnq-writers.com
“Please don’t see my kindness as insecurity, my giving nature as overcompensation, my willingness to trust as desperation.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Remember that kindness is power. It cultivates respect from the right people and turns away the wrong ones. Being kind gives strength.”— Jordan Lueder, thoughtcatalog.com
“I believe that theres is one story in the world, and only one… Humans are caught - in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too - in a net of good and evil… there is no other story.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“I gave up nice a long time ago. Nice did me no good as a woman. Niceness is a lie they teach you to keep you sweet and compliant while you’re screaming inside. You know what I picked instead? Kindness. I chose to be kind. Kind means I respect your boundaries and you respect mine.”— Sara Benincasa, medium.com
“Be gentle with everyone you meet; we all have experienced pain, hurt, anger, and rejection. Be kind to everyone's spirit; you have no idea what healing your light can afford.”— Grace Gealey, originmagazine.com
“Try smiling at people, you never know how one smile can affect their day.”— Benjamin Bayani, amazon.com
“I can and will improve the world. I will smile, show kindness, and be grateful. I refuse to be unhappy.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.”— Randa Abdel-Fattah, amazon.com