National Thoughtful Day is marked annually on Aug. 28, allowing people to demonstrate how we value each other. This day is all about indulging in thoughtful acts.

Thoughtful Pinch, an app that allows a user to start a spontaneous and thoughtful virtual gift for another person, founded this day. “By being thoughtful, one size does not have to fit all. In fact, the more unique the celebration, the better!" the creator of Thoughtful Pinch, Barb Paton, says, according to National Day Calendar.

Here are some inspiring quotes, collected from Good Reads, to share on this day:

1. “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” ― Dr. Seuss

2. “You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert

3. “Some days seem to fit together like a stained glass window. A hundred little pieces of different color and mood that, when combined, create a complete picture.” ― Maggie Stiefvater

4. “It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.” ― Frank Herbert

5. "Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding." – Alice Walker

6. "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind…" – Mahatma Gandhi

7. “Never underestimate the power of thought; it is the greatest path to discovery.” ― Idowu Koyenikan

8. “Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.” ― Wallace Stevens

9. “Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

10. "Architecture is the thoughtful making of space." – Louis Kahn

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Uruguayan Monusco Major Marcelo Techera hugs a toddler at the Tulizeni center orphanage during a farewell party for the Uruguayan MONUSCO soldiers in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo on April 21, 2016. Getty Images/Pablo Porciuncula
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