“To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.” ~Bill Nye #KindnessMatters #photography #quotes

"It takes courage to be kind." ~Maya Angelou #Kindness #KindnessMatters #photography #BloomScrolling #quotes

“Life is so difficult, how can we be anything but kind?” ~Sylvia Boorstein #Kindness #KindnessMatters #photography #quotes

“Life is so difficult, how can we be anything but kind?” ~Sylvia Boorstein #Kindness #KindnessMatters #photography #quotes

“Kindness isn’t a destination we’re pursuing, it’s the road we take to get to where we’re going.” #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography #quotes

“It’s such a short time we have on this earth, to be happy, to be present, to perform, every day, whatever acts of kindness we can.” ~George Saunders #Kindness #NaturePhotography #quotes

The ever-wise Maria Popova reminds us that, no matter what, we always have choices: “These days I am less certain I will see the rosy outcome I would like, but I am more determined to meet the future with the best version of myself.” #Kindness #photography #BloomScrolling #quotes

“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” ~Erik Erikson #Kindness #quotes #photography

Younger adults are less likely to witness kindness or be the recipients of kind acts, and thus, they are less likely to extend kindness. We can turn this around…. Are Our Fellow Americans Kinder Than We Think? greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Are Our Fellow Americans Kinder Than We Think?

A new Gallup poll suggests that kindness is common, though younger Americans see and offer kindness less often than older Americans.

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“The secret of living well is not in having all the answers, but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.” ~Rachel Naomi Remen #photography #flower #BloomScrolling #quotes

"When you are in the presence of people who are suffering and you don't turn away, something in you changes. The heart grows larger." ~Ram Dass #Kindness #photography #quotes #BloomScrolling

"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." ~Rachel Carson #photography #quotes #BloomScrolling

"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." ~Fred Rogers #NaturePhotography #Quotes

“Being kind isn’t something we do only when it’s convenient. Being kind is why we’re here.” #Kindness #photography #flower #BloomScrolling

“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ~George Orwell #photography #quotes #justice

“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ~George Orwell #photography #quotes #justice

"We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do." ~Barbara Ward #Kindness #photography #BloomScrolling #quotes

"We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different, and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same." ~Thurgood Marshall #Kindness #photography #quotes

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others, and if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” ~Dalai Lama #Kindness #photography #BloomScrolling #quotes

"You don't wait to be kind. The world needs your kindness right now, all the time. There will be a place for your kindness: Provide it.” ~Julie Harris #Kindness #ChooseKindness #NaturePhotography #quotes

"Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you." ~L.R. Knost #NaturePhotography

Microkindnesses are how we’re going to change the world. But the thing to remember about them is that while they’re really easy to do, they’re also really easy NOT to do. Remember to choose kindness. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

How Your Tiny Actions Can Help Build a Kinder Society

"Microkindnesses," like a smile, can spread from person to person and make an outsized impact on our sense of connection and belonging.

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"Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things." ~Lucy Stone #photography #Justice #BloomScrolling

What’s your DQ? Decency Quotient measures a leader's desire to do what's right for their employees and colleagues. “DQ implies a focus on doing right by others." www.forbes.com/councils/for... #KindnessMatters

The Power Of Decency And Kindness: Leadership Skills For A New Era

No perk or policy can give employees what really makes them feel good about where they work: human kindness.

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“There are few problems in life which kindness and common sense cannot make simple and manageable.” ~Mary Burchell #Kindness #photography #flower #BloomScrolling

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~Soren Kierkegaard #Justice #Photography #quotes

“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the choice.” ~Dalai Lama #Kindness #photography #BloomScrolling #quotes

“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.” ~Wendell Berry #Kindness #NaturePhotography #quotes