Nice Quotes

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  A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

  Dave Barry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Respect

  Dave Barry (1998). “Dave Barry Turns 50”, Crown

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• Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

  Wilson Mizner

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949). Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, is said to have remarked, "You don't have to be nice to people you meet on the way up if you're not coming back down again."

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• Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

  Robert Kennedy

  Change, Inspiration, Enemy Of Progress

  Robert F. Kennedy (1964). “The Pursuit of Justice”, New York : Harper & Row

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• Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Encouragement, Order, Helping

  Twitter post from Jul 27, 2015

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• Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

  Donny Osmond

  Simple, Knowing, Alternatives

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• It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

  John Templeton

  Inspiring, Thank You, Kindness

  John Templeton (1994). “Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp”, p.287, Templeton Foundation Press

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.

  Tony Hsieh

  Theory

  Tony Hsieh (2010). “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• Babies are such a nice way to start people.

  Don Herold

  Relationship, Mom, Baby

  "Bewitched: Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1969.

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• Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

  Benjamin Carson

  World, Dignity, Humans

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• You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

  Sophia Loren

  Thinking, People, Enjoy Life

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• Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Clever

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 25, 2016

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• Well, it's nice to have a dream. But it's even nicer when there's a remote possibility of it coming true.

  Alyson Noel

  Dream, Possibility, Wells

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.247, Pan Macmillan

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• 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

  Life, Father, Believe

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• Work hard...have fun...be nice...play fair...dream big. We only get one chance at this life. If you're going to play this game, play it to win.

  Robert Herjavec

  Dream, Fun, Hard Work

  "8 Characteristics Shared by the "Shark Tank" Team" By John Rampton, www.foxnews.com. September 6, 2016.

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  Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Relationship, Positive

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.18, St. Martin's Press

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• When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

  Jack Canfield

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from May 19, 2010

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• Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

  Frank A. Clark

  Kindness, Real, Famous Inspirational

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  Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.

  Duke Ellington

  Love, Unconditional Acceptance, Supreme

  Duke Ellington (1973). “Music is my mistress”, Doubleday Books

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• I no longer think she's just being nice. She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

  David Levithan

  Kindness, Character, Thinking

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.38, Egmont UK

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• Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice.

  Ani DiFranco

  Jobs, Sleep, Excuse You

  Song: Pixie, Album: Little Plastic Castle

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• I didn't want to say "No" because I didn't want people to think I'm not nice. And that, to me, has been the greatest lesson of my life: to recognize that I am solely responsible for it, and not trying to please other people, and not living my life to please other people, but doing what my heart says all the time.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Life, Heart, Responsibility

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• We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Work, Ambition

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• Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help...When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late.

  Paulo Coelho

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Being Yourself

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 25, 2009

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• Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Deepak Chopra (2012). “Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges”, p.130, Harmony

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