Good manners is just being respectful of others. Whether you know them or not, you should show respect for all people.

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.

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.

People give up on each other long before they give up on themselves, and they do that, too.

I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out of my cold dead hands.

I find China such a fascinating and interesting country. Each time I come back something has changed and it's moved on in leaps and bounds.

I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.

The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none

As we know, our own mother bore us only into pain and dying. But our true mother, Jesus, who is all love, bears us into joy and endless living. Blessed may he be.

We are rapidly moving into the post-industrial age, when we must redefine what is "productive" work, as more and more jobs are being replaced by automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice.

Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it.