Graffiti Quotes

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"It's not enough to have good thoughts for the world. You must get out there! It is also really important that each person realize their own worth. If you don't think you're good enough, how can you turn around and help save the world?"
- Ted Danson

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you push hard on the world, the world pushes back on you. If you touch the world gently, the world will touch you gently in return."
- Paul Hewitt, 'Conceptual Physics'

"Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning."
- Frederick W. Faber

"If you were busy being kind, Before you knew it, you would find You'd soon forget to think 'twas true That someone was unkind to you. If you were busy being glad, And cheering people who are sad, Although your heart might ache a bit, You'd soon forget to notice it."
-R. Foreman

"As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech."
-Katherine Francke

"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together."
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."
- Washington Irving

"To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life."
- Samuel Johnson

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
- Blaise Pascal

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
- William Penn

"One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind."
- Malayan Proverb

"Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy."
- Randolph Ray

"A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'"
- Victor Frankl

" Be kind and honest. If they conflict,opt for kindness."
- Anonymous

"You live longer once you realise that any time spent being unhappy is wasted."
- Ruth E. Renkl

"We are each an angel with only one wing. And we can only fly while embracing each other."
- Comte de Bussy-Rabutin

"If you want to know about your past lives look at your present condition. If you want to know about your future lives look at your present actions."
- Author Unknown

"The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."
- William Wordsworth

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned."
- Peter Marshall

"Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments."
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

"It is not length of life, but depth of life."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It's not the things that can be bought that are life's richest treasure - It's just the little "heart gifts" that money cannot measure."
- Helen Steiner Rice

"Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories."
- Cathy Allen

"It is not death that man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
Marcus Aurelius

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; Who looks inside, awakes."
- Carl Jung

"Everyone has the power for greatness, not fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service."
- Martin Luther King, JR.

"We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark."
- Whoopi Goldberg

"Love and kindness are never wasted.
They always make a difference."
- Barbara DeAngelis

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
- The Dalai Lama

"Have you had a kindness shown?
Pass it on;
'Twas not given for thee alone,
Pass it on;
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another‚s tears,
Till in Heaven the deed appears,
Pass it on."
- Henry Burton

"A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world."
- Mohammed

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God‚s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."
- Mother Teresa

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into a flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light"
- Albert Schweitzer

"The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."
- William Wordsworth

"Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

"A loving soul for a body weighs far more greater than a lovely body for a craving soul."
- Jimmy Yeo Kia

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Bonnie Jean Wasmund

"One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession."
- Sophocles

"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world."
- Edward Lytton

"Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness - both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter."
- Dawna Markova

"Only a life lived for others is worth living."
- Albert Einstein

"When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like wildfire."
- Whoopi Goldberg

"Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!"
- Marcus Aurelius

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
– Margaret Meade

"Throughout the world powerful leaders have wanted to leave monuments to themselves through statues and buildings named after them. Kings and conquerors have even named large cities after themselves. But names can very easily be changed and then nothing is left. The good deeds of a person and his spiritual attainments are the only true everlasting monuments."
-Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch

"Once gone, a day will never return.
Therefore, one must strive to do good in every moment.
We reach the goal of the great life by good works."
– from the Jain scriptures

"Seekers of the blissful spirit must either sing the name or be employed in doing good acts."
– St. Francis of Assisi

"A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."
- Buddha

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?"
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If you are searching for permanence in this world, look to the rose in bloom and the changing seasons. The fragrance of one, the reign of the other, are like cloud’s breath and then gone."
– 17th century Indian poet, Sarmad

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."
– Robert Byrne

"It is not how many years we live, but rather what we do with them."
– Evangeline Cory Booth

"Love should be our motivation,
but unconditional love should be our desire,
Show love, create love and walk in the light,
and we will all be guided wisely."
-Marion du Feu

"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no 'brief candle" to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
– George Bernard Shaw

"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."
– Henri Frederick Amiel

"I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible loving human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride."
– William James


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