Louie Anderson Quotes

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

I think everyone can make a difference, I think even smiling at someone in the morning can make her day.

You can't travel the back roads very long without discovering a multitude of gentle people doing good for others with no expectation of gain or recognition. The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines. Some people out there spend their whole lives selflessly.

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.

There's nothing that feels better than to do something nice for somebody. I mean nothing feels better.

There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.

Great people create great acts of kindness.

Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.

I throw out compliments to strangers all the time, because I would like it back at me, and do unto others.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness.

The kinder and the more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people.

We help other people because we can, or because it makes us feel good, not because we're counting on some future payback. There is a word for this; love.

Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.

My mother loved people and she loved conversation, and she loved to engage with people. She was a really fantastic person. You would've really liked her.

It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.

When we make the choice to care, we set into motion a snowball effect that touches many people, most of whom we will never know about . . . never underestimate the importance of a kind act.

I don't think badly of people. I like everybody, and I'm sorry for everybody.

When people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite—always.

I think if you put a smile on people's faces, they give that back to you.

If you want to make friends, go out of your way to do things for other people--things that require time, energy, unselfishness, and thoughtfulness.

I want people to smile when they hear my name. I love everyone. I want to help make it a better time for the kids after me.

Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.