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Uplifting Quotes For The Weary Stranger

Because you're never fully dressed without a smile.

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Uplifting Quotes For The Weary Stranger
Rebecca Jarrett

In today's world, people complain that we, as a global society, are a lot more callous. However, every once in a while, someone will do something kind for strangers and prove that goodness does still exist. Andy Leek, a London man, has been leaving uplifting notes of affirmation on the Subway for strangers. Below are just some of the quotes that I would leave around in public to lift others up.

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts."
- Charles Dickens

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less."
- Anonymous

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness."
- Kurt Vonnegut

"We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one."
- Doctor Who

"Discover why you're important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn't completely agree."
- Fisher Amelie

"Your feelings are valid simply because you feel them."
- Anonymous

"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."
- Zen Shin Talks

"You are enough. You are so enough. It is unbelievable how enough you are."
- Sierra Boggess

"Not every day is good, but there is something good in every day."
- Anonymous

"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly...if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."
- Shel Silverstein

"I feel small, but so are stars from a distance."
- Anonymous

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
- A. A. Milne

"When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?"
- Maya Angelou

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine -- and shadows will fall behind you."
- Walt Whitman

"Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a whole lifetime; time takes time. The only way to fail at life is to abstain."
- Johanna de Silentio

"Fairy tales are more than true: Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
- Neil Gaiman

"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars."
- Max Ehrmann

"Your body is a piece of the universe you've been given."
- Geneen Roth

"You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want."
- S. E. Hinton

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