Quotes on Being Polite

 

Quotes on Being Polite

I realized that I run across great quotes and sayings every day.  One day, I decided to start writing them down.  So, here they will be planted and set to grow. I hope you help me water them by coming back often, by enjoying them and letting me know if you come across something too...or whether they have inspired you in some way... 

 

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
-Henry Stanley Haskins, Meditations on Wall Street, 1940

October 14, 2014
No one likes to be interrupted, but everyone likes to be heard.
-Margaret Shepard, The Art of Civilized Conversation

Self-Acceptance, You're Ok Quotes

Self-Acceptance

“Tears are not just for children. My mother once told me that a soul is a river and that the spirits give us teardrops when we have converged with another life. We overflow with them because our spirits become wider and deeper than before. Those who lack love or compassion will not be given the gift of tears.”
-Four Days, Dannika Dark

Some people want the simple and the ordinary and the quiet.  It doesn't make those who want the complicated and extraordinary and the exciting greedy or selfish.  Wanting's wanting, whatever the dream.
 -Nora Roberts, Heart of the Sea

Overconfidence Quotes

 Overconfidence Quotes

If you think you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
 -Walter Mondale