Manners are free, to be Kind

There is no excuse for not teaching kids to say please and thank you. Manners are free.

"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go." ⁠—Margaret Walker

"Politeness is like an air-cushion—there may be nothing in it, but it wonderfully eases the joltings along the rough road of life." ⁠—H.W. Beecher

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use." ⁠—Emily Post

"Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners." ⁠—Laurence Sterne

"Honesty in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty." ⁠—Judith Martin

"Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said." ⁠—Germany Kent

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ⁠—Maya Angelou

"If you happen to displease any of them, be always ready to make a frank apology. But the best way is to act with so much politeness, good manners, and circumspection, as never to have occasion to make any apology." —Alexander Hamilton

"The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable." ―Fannie Flagg

People always remember bad stories

The story of your life is in your hands. You alone have the power to write the next chapter.

No matter where you began or what happened along the way, you have the power to get to where you're supposed to be.

Lessons learned the hard way will stick with you forever.

The more impressed someone seems to be with themselves, the less impressive I find them to be.

I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose.

There are no accidents; we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door. Marla Gibbs

Even if you hear a bad story about me, understand, there was a time I was good to those people too, but they won't tell you that part.