Quotes in the category etiquette.
I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.
It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much.
There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating. Under no circumstances can the food be omitted.
Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects.
When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.
Be a person that others will look for your posts daily because they know you will encourage them. Be the positive one and help others to have a great day and you will find that not only they like you but you will like you too.
Why would you turn right on a red light when we can all just sit here behind you waiting to die... #AHOLE
Let your personality be your profit and not your punishment.
Take care of your manners as seriously as your money.
We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb others in the middle of the night.
I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of time.
The rationale that etiquette should be eschewed because it fosters inequality does not ring true in a society that openly admits to a feverish interest in the comparative status-conveying qualities of sneakers. Manners are available to all, for free.
On my way out I didn't look at the dark guy, the suicide bomber, again. I think I didn't look at him because I didn't believe he was a terrorist, but maybe I didn't look at him because I didn't want to embarrass him.
Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to.
Intrinsic values and qualities are age-free. For example, social competencies or a good heart.
Write like you speak with the 'rhythms of human speech,' as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water.
If you can't be kind, at least be vague.
Wisdom tells us that the best time for silence is when we are mad or upset.
As a success-minded person, you should always be looking to not only do your job but do it with excellence and go the extra mile.
Let your heroes be known. Give praise and honor to those to whom it is rightly due. Spend more time posting stories about heroes than you do about the wrongs in the world. When we know about heroes and we see those who perform heroic acts, we too want to be heroes. There is a hero in all of us. Heroes are important.
Success-minded people must understand that the use of profane and obscene words have no place in their vocabulary.
No matter who it is or what you think of them, never rejoice in the pain of others. It lowers you to a level you should not be at.
We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor.
Keep the personal, personal and do not be guilty of spreading bad feelings.
Trustworthiness is a mark of a success-minded person. To be seen as trustworthy is a great compliment. When people trust you, they expect that you will honor their trust.
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