Kindness opens closed doors.

Meaning: Being nice to others can help you achieve your goals.

Choice of Words: The word Kindness means the quality of being friendly, helpful, and understanding. Opens means to cause something to become accessible or visible. Closed means something that is not open. Doors are openings in walls or vehicles that allow people to enter or leave. When put together, the sentence means that being friendly and helpful can help you overcome obstacles.

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Kindness is the key to unlocking closed doors.

Meaning: This means that being kind and helpful to others can open up new possibilities for you. It's like saying, If you are kind to others, they may be more likely to help you in return.

Choice of Words: Key is an object that can be used to open a lock and gain access to something. Unlocking means to open something that is locked. Closed doors means opportunities or possibilities that are not currently accessible. When you put them together, "Kindness is the key to unlocking closed doors" suggests that kindness is the way to access new opportunities and possibilities.

Kindness can create new paths where there were once only closed doors.

Meaning: This means that being kind and helpful to others can open up new possibilities for you and for them. It's like saying, If you are kind to someone, they may be more likely to be kind to you in return, creating a positive cycle.

Choice of Words: Paths are routes or ways to get from one place to another. Create means to bring something new into existence. Closed doors means opportunities or possibilities that are not currently accessible. When you put them together, "Kindness can create new paths where there were once only closed doors" suggests that kindness can lead to new opportunities and possibilities that didn't exist before.

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