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title: "3 Kindness Decency Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-solow/it-is-a-good-idea-to-be-ambitious-to-have-goals-to-want-to-be-good-at/)

[Robert Solow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-solow/)

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> [“Being a “good boy” in the Amish had nothing to do with kindness and decency, but everything to do with obeying the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/misty-griffin/being-a-good-boy-in-the-amish-had-nothing-to-do-with-kindness-and/)

[Misty Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/misty-griffin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/misty-griffin-60322_amish_being-a-good-boy-in-the-amish-had-nothin_2775758.jpg)

> [When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-once-the-forms-of-civility-are-violated-there-remains-little/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/samuel-johnson-50_civility_when-once-the-forms-of-civility-are-viol_3174784.png)

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