Quotes On Manners And Courtesy

#1. 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

#2. And the people love a well-mannered killer.

Michael R. Fletcher

#3. Nobody believes that the man who says, 'Look, lady, you wanted equality,' to explain why he won't give up his seat to a pregnant woman carrying three grocery bags, a briefcase, and a toddler is seized with the symbolism of idealism.

Judith Martin

#4. The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#5. Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It's not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman's ability to make everyone ... feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness ...

Benazir Bhutto

#6. The first point of courtesy must always be truth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#7. He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it.

Samuel Johnson

#8. others is required, it probably indicates a lack of courtesy - that is, a lack of manners.

Peter F. Drucker

#9. Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

Baltasar Gracian

#10. Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.

Lillian Hellman

#11. Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady," he remarked on suitable occasion. "Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy is helpful and admirable.

Paramahansa Yogananda

#12. Courtesy is the foundation of all good manners.

William Riley Brooksher

#13. Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#14. The greater man the greater courtesy.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#15. Party animosity was concealed under a veil of studied courtesy.

Barbara W. Tuchman

#16. A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, and no other can.

William Cowper

#17. No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

Bryant McGill

#18. Kindness is strength, courtesy is power.

T.A. Uner

#19. The greater person is one of courtesy.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#20. A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Bryant McGill

#21. Consideration is the basis of etiquette, and it starts at home. If you can't show consideration to your spouse, child or family member any consideration you show outside is shallow and a farce.

Chinha Raheja

#22. Once he got there, he stopped and looked back. You know, the thing about manners is that we only seem to notice the lack of them in others. It's a lot harder to see mistakes in ourselves.

Rose Wynters

#23. Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways

Franz Boas

#24. What does competency in the long run mean? It means to all reasonable beings, cleanliness of person, decency of dress, courtesy of manners, opportunities for education, the delights of leisure, and the bliss of giving.

Edwin Percy Whipple

#25. Courtesy and kindness cultivate confidence with good Netiquette. Doing things right makes you feel good.

David Chiles

#26. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

Charles Dickens

#27. The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.

Michel De Montaigne

#28. Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.

Lord Chesterfield

#29. In the North, he discoverd, courtesy was considered a barometer of genuine esteem; for any decently brought up Southerner, good manners were simply habitual.

Mary Doria Russell

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

Emily Post