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Words of Wisdom on Random Acts of KindnessIn developing our seminars and keynote presentations, we are fortunate to run across many words of wisdom. If you need a refreshing thought, idea, slogan, or profound nugget for an upcoming meeting, presentation, or lunch room bulletin board, take a look at the following words of wisdom on random acts of kindness. Don't miss our other categories of Words of Wisdom. 
Random Thoughts on Random Acts of KindnessSometimes 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. When you do a kindness for others with the purest of intentions,
you are letting its essence trickle out of you. If you do it enough it
becomes a river. And I'm betting that its source is endless. I don't think
you have to worry about giving too much of it away. The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we
pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades
for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our
possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just
like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our
unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we
took the time to share what we had to give. All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover
why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish
for yourself. It's what you do for others. 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. I have never been especially impressed by the heroics
of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more
awed by ... those who ... struggle to make one small difference after
another. How far you go in life depends on your being tender with
the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,
and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you
will have been all of these. Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In
all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you
can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile,
a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act
of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Appreciation can make a day—even change a life. Your
willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
Never doubt that a small group of committed people can
change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people
will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
feel. If someone were to pay you ten cents for every kind word
you ever spoke and collect five cents for every unkind word, would you
be rich or poor? Send a smile, give a hug, all day long you will be loved!
I've found what's truly sacred in life's small things
... Hopefully, the world can be changed through acts of kindness, acts
of affection and love—the idea of doing normal, everyday things that
actually have an effect down the line ... Be kind. Because the opposite
works as well. You can send your hatred to the future. And we all know
the end result. Kindness transcends all. The most hardened by committing
a simple act of kindness have changed for ever. It fills the donor with
feelings of compassion and then reinforces to the receiver the all transcendental
nature of kindness. There is a wonderful, mystical law of nature that the
three things we crave most in life—happiness, freedom, and peace
of mind—are always attained by giving them to someone else. Today, make an investment in someone else's happiness.
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