Choose Kindness
TRANSFORM YOUR DAYS WITH PURPOSE AND COMPASSION.
"Gratitude is an equal-opportunity emotion. Anyone can experience it and benefit from it." Nathan Dewall
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Martin Luther King Jr.
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” Douglas Adams
“Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.”
we dwell on is who we become.”
“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.” Roy T. Bennett
“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
“When we take the true purpose for life and combine it with passion, the insignificant can accomplish the impossible.” Jenny Pruitt
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"Be rainbow in someone else's cloud." Maya Angelou
“There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.” Catherine Ryan Hyde
“Kind words promote peace in our thoughts and our lives.” Allene VanOirschot
“Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.” Robin Hobb
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” Wendy Mass
“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.” Jack Kerouac
“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” William Makepeace Thackeray
Tell your kindness story. It can be a kindness you gave or a kindness you received – big or small. Be sure to note how the kindness made you feel. These moments remind us that kindness is everywhere, and love is all around the world. Shine that light!
“Every single time you help somebody stand up, you are helping humanity rise.” Steve
"Everyone can experience the joy and blessing of generosity; because everyone has something to give."
"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."
"Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom." Theodore
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"Be the change you want to see in the world" Gandhi
“Our days are happier when we give people a piece of our heart rather than a piece of our mind” Unknown
"True giving from the heart is an expression of love." Cara Stein
"Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting." Brian Tracy
"No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted." Aesop
“The world is full of kind people... If you can't find one, be one” Unknown
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late” Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." Pablo Picasso
"You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give." Patti LaBelle
Isaac Rubin
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson
“The worth of lives comes not in what we do or who we knew, or what we have, but by who we are.” Jenny Pruitt
Kindness is needed daily.
• Smile at a stranger.
SUGGESTIONS TO START
• Give someone a compliment.
• Offer your seat to someone.
• Don’t block an intersection.
• Wave to a driver who “let you in” the traffic flow.
• Return a grocery cart that was left in a parking lot.
• Write a positive review for a local business or service provider.
• Hold the door open for someone — even if it means waiting a moment.
• Volunteer somewhere different and new.
• Plan a visit with someone who is lonely.
• Donate blood.
• Pick up trash that isn’t yours.
• Leave a generous tip.
• Send an encouraging text or note to someone who might need it.
• Ask someone how they’re really doing — and listen without interrupting.
• Before reacting to a comment, T.H.I.N.K. before you speak. Is your response: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?
Inspired by KIND30. Learn more at kind30.org.
