“Even in the cruelest human being there can exist a flower of good. Maybe just the tiniest blossom, in need of water and sunlight, but a flower just the same.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“He is kind to others. He doesn’t diss the elderly gentleman working as a Walmart door greeter or talk down to the server when you two go out to eat. He’s been known to comfort a crying child on occasion.”— Morin Mizrachi, thoughtcatalog.com
“They don't speak ill of you to their friends, and you don't say anything bad about them, either (your business is nobody but each other's, anyway).”— Emma Lord, bustle.com
“You mate acts guilty when you do something nice for him or her. You are supposed to be the person who is making life miserable and the relationship untenable. By doing something nice, you force the cheater to think about what he or she is doing.”— Raymond B. Green, today.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
“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution—and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity.”— Jane Goodall, amazon.com
“Sure, as human beings, we all inherently deserve love and respect and kindness, but we don't all get it (and we sure as hell don't all give it). That means you have to take it for yourself. You have to draw your own lines and write your own rules.”— Brianna Wiest, bustle.com
“Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You don't get nothing for it.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“Not having a great relationship with your family is totally okay, and it’s frankly way more common than people think. But, a guy who is openly mean as hell to his family is one we should all probably stay far away from.”— Geena Goozdich, elitedaily.com
“If you’re meeting Joey for dinner, and he’s rude to your server for no reason, it’s a good indicator of how he treats people in general. He might be all smiles toward you early on, but that’s because he’s still trying to impress you. The same red flag applies to any service industry folk, like ticke…”— Patrick Allan, lifehacker.com
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”— Mother Teresa, catholic.org
“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
“Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.”— Dwayne Johnson, mtv.com
“Being a nice girl from the Mid-West, my inclination is always to give in and say yes because I want people to like me.”— Cindy Crawford, movies.ndtv.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
“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