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