Courtesy famous quotes

Manners with fortunes, humors turn with climes, tenets with books, and principles with times.
-- Alexander Pope

#Book #Principles #Courtesy

To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, who never mentions hell to ears polite.
-- Alexander Pope

#Ears #Hell #Courtesy

The greater man the greater courtesy.
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson

#Men #Courtesy #Manners

The greater person is one of courtesy.
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson

#Courtesy #Manners #Persons

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Cost #Courtesy

No use to preach to the working-man courtesy & politeness when at the same time the working-man is not given working conditions under which he can stay polite and soft-mannered.
-- B. Traven

#Men #Use #Courtesy

To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
-- Benjamin Franklin

#Humble #Be Humble #Courtesy

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
-- Bryant H. McGill

#Rudeness #Courtesy #Insufferable

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
-- Christian Nestell Bovee

#Courtesy

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!
-- Coventry Patmore

#Siege #Youth #Courtesy

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
-- E. V. Lucas

#Courtesy #Defence

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.
-- Emily Post

#Courtesy #Manners #Social

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

#Lines #Behavior #Courtesy

Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.
-- Georges Duhamel

#Taken #Courtesy #Refuge

Remember that you must always have a deep regard for courtesy, and you must be respectful and obedient toward your seniors.
-- Gichin Funakoshi

#Senior #Remember #Courtesy

Karate begins and ends with courtesy.
-- Gichin Funakoshi

#Karate #Courtesy #Ends

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.
-- Gustav Stresemann

#Long #Germany #Courtesy

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.
-- Henry Newbolt

#Strong #Proud #Courtesy

The grace of God is courtesy.
-- Hilaire Belloc

#Grace #Courtesy #Grace Of God

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
-- Homer

#Spirit #Courtesy #Gentle

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
-- Jacques Maritain

#Gratitude #Appreciation #Courtesy

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
-- Jean Cocteau

#Knowing #Audacity #Courtesy

A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.
-- Jenny Offill

#Tired #Imagine #Courtesy

If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.
-- Jim Butcher

#Silence #Trying #Courtesy

Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.
-- Joan M. Drury

#Matter #Revolution #Courtesy

Debates must take place in an atmosphere of courtesy.
-- John Allen Fraser

#Atmosphere #Debate #Courtesy

Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.
-- John Milton

#Firsts #Rafters #Courtesy

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
-- John Wanamaker

#Coins #Too Much #Courtesy

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.
-- John Wanamaker

#Snow #Courtesy #Shovels

true courtesy ... is real kindness kindly expressed.
-- Julia McNair Wright

#Kindness #Real #Courtesy

Common courtesy dictates that we never drain the lifeblood of anyone to whom we've been formally introduced.
-- Kelley Armstrong

#Common #Courtesy #Common Courtesy

Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
-- Lillian Hellman

#Remember #Courtesy #Excellent

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
-- Lord Chesterfield

#Men #People #Courtesy

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
-- Lord Chesterfield

#World #Way #Courtesy

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
-- Madame de Stael

#Art #Courtesy #Politeness

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
-- Mahatma Gandhi

#Strength #Courtesy

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Lying #Deceit #Courtesy

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
-- Margaret Chase Smith

#Expectations #Criticism #Courtesy

It is perfectly evident...that to thank the Lord in all things is not merely a courtesy, it is a commandment as binding upon us as any other commandment
-- Marion G. Romney

#Gratitude #Lord #Courtesy

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.
-- Mas Oyama

#Art #Path #Courtesy

A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many such men as I can.
-- Mas Oyama

#Men #Treasure #Courtesy

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

#Friendship #Relationship #Courtesy

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy
-- Owen Feltham

#Charity #Courtesy #Alms

I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
-- Philip Massinger

#Favour #Courtesy

A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.
-- Philip Sidney

#Kindness #Gains #Courtesy

High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.
-- Philip Sidney

#Heart #Courtesy

If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.
-- Piero Ferrucci

#Kindness #Courtesy #Falseness

The first point of courtesy must always be truth.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Firsts #Courtesy #Manners

Nordstrom believes that great service begins with showing courtesy to everyone-customers, employees, and vendors.
-- Robert Spector

#Believe #Courtesy #Nordstrom

They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love.
-- Saint Basil

#Kindness #Plant #Courtesy

none but the estimable shall hear from me that I esteem them. The whole world is entitled to my courtesy, but greater tribute than that must be earned through virtuous acts.
-- Sophie von La Roche

#World #Admiration #Courtesy

I tried to remember how to exhale. I had to look away before it came back to me.
-- Stephenie Meyer

#Looks #Remember #Courtesy

It is Proust's courtesy to spare the reader the embarrassment of believing himself cleverer than the author.
-- Theodor Adorno

#Believe #Proust #Courtesy

All doors open to courtesy.
-- Thomas Fuller

#Life #Doors #Courtesy

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.
-- Tim Kaine

#Winning #Giving #Courtesy

We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.
-- William Shawn

#Want #Like You #Courtesy

Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.
-- Yasmina Reza

#Waste #Wasting Time #Courtesy

Never say an unkind word to anyone.
-- Doug Melvin

#Unkind Words #Kind Words #Courtesy

There are no hard and fast rules. Sometimes you work for free and get no credit or courtesy. That's why you make sure you do what you love.
-- Lalah Hathaway

#Credit #Sometimes #Courtesy

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

#Friendship #Relationship #Courtesy

Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them.
-- Arthur Frederick Saunders

#Blessing #Kind #Courtesy

The outward expression of empathy is courtesy.
-- Stewart Butterfield

#Expression #Empathy #Courtesy

I think, as a professional courtesy, when the president asks you to dinner, you go.
-- James R. Clapper

#Thinking #President #Courtesy