It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice...............
You have to be cruel to be kind.
But it’s not nice to be cruel.
Guess this explains why it’s “Minnesota Nice” and not “Minnesota Kind.”
Kind > Nice > Courteous > Polite
“Nice” can be faked. “Kind” cannot.
I don't really agree with that. To me, "nice" is a description of demeanor rather than actions. Someone can be very nice while screwing you over. On the flip side, a gruff, grumpy person can still be kind by their actions.
"Nice guys finish last."--Leo Durocher
People can appear nice just because they are passive and quiet, or well bred/raised, but to me being nice means doing, it is what you do.
Many males who aren’t thought of as nice are actually quite kind, its just that they perform those kindnesses with the quick, gruff, efficiency of someone who just wants to help you and not fuss over it, they will jump out of their car in the rain to push your stalled car out of an intersection because they can see that you need the help and then they take off without any polite banter and niceties, a personality type not thought of as nice, but with a heart of gold.
Q: What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?
I don’t know and I don’t care...
People who are kind to the cruel will be cruel to the kind.
distinctly remember the day I was being nice AND kind when opening a crowded department store door for a nicely dressed woman around 20 or so. as she brushed past me with a very unfriendly “excuse me” instead of a thank you, I was completely taken aback. what I did in return wasn’t nice or kind but it WAS funny! she was about 3 or 4 steps into this very crowded store as I loudly said “did you fart?” heads turned but she didn’t. she did pick up the pace though. so sorry but I just couldn’t help the remark. am I a bad person?
To be nice is to behave in ways pleasing to the other person.
To be kind is to behave in ways that benefit the other person’s well being.
Parents often have to be not-nice towards their kids, in order to be kind.
Nice = The manner
Kind = The intention.
Nice is superficial. Kindness goes way deeper.
Nice: You sink the putt.
Kind: The airline stewardess, an actual female, a woman, a good soul . . . momentarily pauses and rests her hand on your shoulder, before continuing up / down the isle.
Relocating from New England to Arkansas taught me the difference.
Those in the North, including new York, are kind. Those in the south are nice.
They’ll have pleasant words, but wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.
“Nice” is a city in France.
“Kind” is German for child.
Somewhere on line there is a video about nice and kind Americans.
Southerners are always kind but not always nice.
Midwesterners are not always kind, but they are nice.
Easterners are neither nice nor kind.
I forget about the Westerners.
It’s not my classification. It’s what the woman on the video says.
Nice can be fake kind