59 quotes found
“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.”
“When civility is illusory, war is inevitable.”
“To work best democracy needs a diversity of thoughts, ideas and expression. This is only possible with freedom and civility.”
“. . . the authors had developed indices that could be employed to measure the state of a civilization, to determine if society was healthy, in decline, or perhaps even dead. The indicators keyed in...”
“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 y...”
“Words have meaning beyond the obvious. Words have consequences beyond intentions. Civil words align risk and reward of such unknowns.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Not everyone will support every mission or work, you can still enjoy their friendship. No one likes to feel that the only reason you are friends is what you can get out of them.”
“If you want friends you must be friendly. Always complaining and posting negative comments is not going to bring you friends. No one likes to get puked on.”
“Gossip has always been a problem. It is one of the most powerful, addictive behaviors there is. As long as the human race has had a common language they have used it to gossip.”
