25+ Pay It Forward Quotes To Remind You To Be Kind
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Why Pay It Forward Quotes?
Paying it forward means that you repay the kindness you were offered at some point or the other. Being kind doesn’t just bring a smile to the face of others but also brings satisfaction within yourself.
Every person can use a little bit of kindness and make a difference in the world. The greatest attribute here is the impact it creates and the love it spreads.
So, when it comes to paying it forward, you need not hesitate. You can always be kind to people around you because you don't know what someone is going through.
So dive into reading these quotes to know the feeling of helping others and how much it means to help someone. An act of kindness never goes to waste, and if you have been kind, you know this way better than anyone else as you might have experienced this yourself.
What Parents Should Know
- Kindness can come from any place, and the best way to improve the world is by creating a culture of kindness in one’s own home.
- To be kind is one of the most fundamental expressions of being a human being, and spreading it to the kids is of utmost importance.
- Kindness is seeing through one’s heart. Gratitude and kindness are the foundations of a child's happiness.
What to Discuss with Kids
- Parents can help the kids notice how it can feel to be the kind one by practicing at home and seeing how people respond to it.
- To discuss with kids that being kind can be difficult and challenging at times, but taking responsibility and considering how others might feel can bring true change.
- The more kindness gets practiced, the easier it will be when things get complicated.
- It simply takes a step, an action, something as simple as a smile or a 'Thank You', to form a chain of kindness.
Pay It Forward Quotes And Sayings
1. "Pay it forward with free compliments. They are returned in due time." - David Chiles
2. "A life lived for others is the only life worth living." - Albert Einstein
3. "I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back." - Maya Angelou
4. "Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward." - Randy Pausch
5. "Together, we can change the world, one good deed at a time." - Ron Hall
6. "There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness." - Catherine Ryan Hyde
7. "Being able to receive gifts is a gift. When we receive gifts, we give a gift of giving." - Miriam Hurdle, 'Songs Of Heartstrings'
8. "Our actions are like ships that we may watch set out to sea and not know with what cargo or when they will return to port." - Iris Murdoch, 'The Bell'
9. "I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?'" - Robbie Robertson
10. "When you learn, teach. When you get, give." - Maya Angelou
Compassion Quotes
11. "If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward, and it comes back to you twelve-fold." - Mariska Hargitay
12. "When we're stuck with cruelty, we can either decide that here is where it stops or inflict the same on others like it's a rite of passage." - Joyce Rachelle
13. "Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward." - Mariska Hargitay
14. "You don't need much to change the whole world for the better. Start with the most ordinary ingredients. Start with the world you've got." - Catherine Ryan Hyde
15. "In a world like this, you pay it forward because more than likely, you didn't deserve it when you got it the first time." - Mindy McGinnis, 'In A Handful Of Dust'
16. "Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich." - Sarah Bernhardt
17. "A purposeful act or extension of kindness is never wasted, for it always resides in the hearts of all." - Molly Friedenfeld
Helping Others Quotes
18. "I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward." - Doug Collins
19. "Simply put: we don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services." - Mark Zuckerberg
20. "The greatest effects we have on the world are the ones we can never see." - Chris Matakas, 'The Tao Of Jiu Jitsu'
21. "I hope the fruits of my labor are ripe for many generations to come." - Donovan Nichols
22. "Be humble, be grateful, give back, share, pay it forward, chase your dreams, go for it, and take a moment to remember where it is all from." - Justin Bieber
23. "I guess it's hard for some people who are so used to things the way they are, even if they're bad, to change, 'cause I guess they kinda give up. And when they do, everybody kinda loses." - Trevor McKinney, 'Pay It Forward'
24. "Spread good energy. Pay it forward!" - Brittany Maynard
25. "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." - Muhammad Ali
26. "Avoidance is paying forward that which I would be much wiser to pay off." - Craig D. Lounsbrough
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