"Kindness not only makes the coffee. Kindness says good morning” is a saying that has been printed on a poster and credited to “unknown.” The saying appears in the book You Changed My Life: Stories of Real People With Remarkable Hearts (2010) by Max Lucado. The first citation on Twitter is from March 16, 2011, and Lucado’s book is credited.
However, in A Love Worth Giving: Living in the Overflow of God’s Love (2002) by Max Lucado, the saying is the reverse of the popular poster:
“Kindness not only says good morning, kindness makes the coffee.”
Google Books
A Love Worth Giving:
Living in the Overflow of God’s Love
By Max Lucado
Nashville, TN: W Pub. Group
2002
Pg. 173:
Kindness not only says good morning, kindness makes the coffee.
Covenant Community Church
The Adventure Link: A Love Worth Living Kindness speaks loudly!
Posted by Rev. Jeff Dixon, Senior Equipping Minister, Covenant Community Church on Jul 2, 2004, 16:17
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Kindness not only says good morning, kindness makes the coffee.
Google Books
Grace for the Moment Morning & Evening Edition:
Inspiration for Each Day of Year
By Max Lucado
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc.
2007
Pg. 91:
Kindness not only says “good morning,” kindness makes the coffee.
A LOVE WORTH GIVING
PatrickGrach.com
Monday, July 23, 2007
Weekend in the Read-view Mirror
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So, in a nutshell, kindness says, “Good morning” and makes the coffee.
The IDD Blog
June 19, 2008
Kindness Makes The Coffee
Posted by Miss Deb at 4:05 PM
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I love this quote from Max Lucado:
“Kindness not only says good morning--kindness makes the coffee.”
Google Books
You Changed My Life:
Stories of Real People With Remarkable Hearts
By Max Lucado
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc.
2010
Pg. 41:
Kindness NOT ONLY MAKES THE COFFEE.
KINDNESS SAYS good morning.
Twitter
Motivational Quotes
@InspowerBooks
Kindness not only makes the coffee. Kindness says good morning. http://bit.ly/hrYG85 Pg 41
2:12 AM - 16 Mar 2011
Innspiring.com
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Jon Sable
Sat, 06/18/2011 - 4:56pm
“Kindness not only makes the coffee. Kindness says good morning.”
Twitter
Aymee
@SatOnMeeting
Happy Tuesday
“Kindness not only makes the COFFEE. Kindness says Good Morning!” ~Unknwn #Quote
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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