I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
If you want to be good, all you've got to do is be good.
When you're told to be good, you have to get rid of whatever is bad. I sure identify with that.
Make 2012 the year that you were nice.. because people don't like not nice people.. so be nice.. all the time!
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
No matter how rudely someone treats you, remain kind. Walking away at peace with yourself is worth it.
How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.
Good behavior wins even an enemy.
Even when people act nastily to you, don't condemn them or retaliate.
I wanna be a nice guy.
You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.
The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.
Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.
The White House encouraged Tom Brady to be more of a role model. They would've said more, but there was a drunken Secret Service agent streaking across the Rose Garden.
All I know is, he's a good kid, and he's done right all his life. And he always treats other people right.
Happy, vibrant, successful people think and behave in certain ways. So do miserable and unfulfilled people. In other words, there are patterns of success and patterns of failure. The good news is, success leaves clues.
Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good.
As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.
Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You don't get nothing for it.
We should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.
You should never be mean to other girls. I don't care what grade you're in. Be nice to people until you're my age... and you have your own TV show.
Good people always rise to your level of expectation.
The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they'll prove it to you every single day.
Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that that was the proper way to behave if any little thing went wrong.
