John Patrick Hickey Quotes
Good manners is just being respectful of others. Whether you know them or not, you should show respect for all people.
Every decision you ever make has its own consequences. Freedom is not the issue. You have freedom to do what you want, you just cannot do it and not pay the price for it.
The rules from those who are politically correct restrict what you can say to or about anything in our daily life. They tell you what to call others and what others can call you.
To be truly grateful for the kindness of other and to have those you love in your life is a great and powerful emotion.
We have gotten so use to humor being something nasty and offensive that we started to believe that was the only way to get a laugh.
Heroes show us courage, honor, integrity and strength. Now more than ever, we need heroes.
If someone is trying to share a laugh and you personally do not find it funny, then just move on and leave it alone. Do not steal someone else’s humor.
Posting something that is encouraging and well done compared to something that is trashy and common is the difference between eating a fine meal or the scraps from making that meal.
Okay, I cannot say this without being very direct. If you are looking for a spouse or even a romance through social media, you are looking for trouble.
Remember this, posting pictures are like speaking words, you cannot take them back.
Posting your thoughts on any social media site is like telling you most deeply held secret to the town gossip. Not a wise move.
By no means do I think that playing games online is wrong or rude. However, constantly sending requests is an act of bad manners as well as being very annoying to the one receiving them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Keep the personal, personal and do not be guilty of spreading bad feelings.
We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor.
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.
Success-minded people must understand that the use of profane and obscene words have no place in their vocabulary.
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.
Wisdom tells us that the best time for silence is when we are mad or upset.
The big thinking gives us vision, power and direction, but it is the small steps that are the action of the process.
To build a positive attitude you must take some deliberate action. You must be responsible for your thoughts, words, and actions.
Money can be the reward for efforts, but it should not be the reason for them. You must have something bigger than that.
If you want to achieve success, there cannot be a Plan B.
A dream comes from within you. It is what you were created to do, so it has always been there.
Excessive talking about our plans and dreams lessens our energy to do what is needed to achieve them.
The fact that you are not perfect may come as a surprise to you but it is not a surprise to anyone else.
The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly.
If you believe that success is only connected to money, you will not last long.
Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change.
God in His perfect wisdom gave you power to control only one thing in the entire universe, and that is you.
It is today that tells you if you learned from yesterday, and if tomorrow is possible.
When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.
You must always think big while you start small.
If someone tells you that you can achieve your dreams with little to no work, they are lying to you.
The secret to wealth is hard work and good management.
Our attitude will determine what we will strive for, whom we will be, and how our life will turn out.
Success-minded people know that the greatest enemy to today's success is yesterday's success.
Do not allow your thoughts of what was to steal what can be.
Determination knows that you can do what it takes, even if that is hard or frightening, in order to achieve the goal you seek.
Life is full of lessons for the success-minded person who keeps his/her eyes open to what is going on.
I believe that when a person has hope in the future, believe in their ability to achieve and understand that God made them for a purpose, then they will, in the end, and achieve great things.
It seems that the days of public modesty and concern about how we look are far from us. I will not say they are gone forever, in culture nothing is forever.
