Nice Quotes

• 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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  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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• 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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• 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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  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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• The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say: "Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.

  Len Goodman

  People, Trouble, Yeah

  "This much I know: Len Goodman". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2012.

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• I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.

  Salma Hayek

  Sexy, Men, Thinking

  "Salma Hayek and Pierce Brosnan talk about After the Sunset!". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. November 09, 2004.

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  Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Albert Einstein's letter to his son Eduard (February 5, 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson "Einstein: His Life and Universe" (p. 367), 2007.

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

  Frank A. Clark

  Kindness, Real, Famous Inspirational

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I guess you could say there are two Slashes. There's the crazy, rock-and-roll Slash, he's wild. And then there's the real Slash- he collects miniature soaps and treats his hookers real nice.

  Slash

  Crazy, Real, Rocks

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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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• 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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• Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

  Richard Branson

  Long, Alive, Baths

  Twitter post from Jul 24, 2014

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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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• I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.

  Billy Idol

  Love, Mean, Insults You

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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