Susanna Kearsley Quotes

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.

Try to leave people feeling better for having met you.

I receive kindness every day. I love to smile when I'm out and about, and if someone smiles back, which happens about half the time, I think that's an act of kindness every couple of minutes in my day.

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

When checking in at an airport, no matter how rude the check-in person is to you, always smile and be nice because you don't know what kind of day they've had. You are going on holiday and they're stuck wherever they are. Be nice to them because they can re-route your baggage to wherever they feel like.

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.

Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

American readers are so polite; their reactions make it seem like I've received thousands of thank-you notes. It's just lovely, and amazing the things people tell you that have touched them and related to their own lives.

I think being nice is more important than being clever.

My grandmother had a motto that you should never look down on people unless you are helping them up, and I think that's a very spiritual way of living.

I tell everyone that works for me not to look down on people. If you're nice to people and take a minute to talk with them, it's good for business whether or not they buy anything. Just because they don't look like they have money doesn't mean they're poor.

I start small. I'm kind to people. I say please, I say thank you, and I always try to be encouraging and positive.

We would never do anything for the sole purpose of bumming people out or upsetting people.

Choosing kindness is just as easy as smiling.

Now I am also friendly with people who are not so nice to me. From what I've learnt, it's nice to be friendly. It's nice to make people feel good about themselves.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.