“When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.”

“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...”

“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.”

“I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to say. But with you there may be peace. You will not want to be talked to. Let us have the luxury of silence.”

“Words were insufficient for the elevation of his [Mr Collins'] feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth tried to unite civility and truth in a few short sentences.”

“Leaving the group, he reclined on a couch, drank morosely, and watched people. He noticed the games they played with one another. They put on masks of civility, all while spewing their venom.”

“I was raised right I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.”

“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 t...”

“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...”

“An extended hand is the best weapon against a clenched fist.”

“If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things.”

“Demonstrating verbal kindness looks better on everyone know matter what the situation. There's a peace in the heart of the kind person who handles everything with love.”