Best 149 quotes in «civility quotes» category

Fair words cost nothing.

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.

German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.

Just keep trying things, without really understanding the underlying fibers of well-being, or peace or civility, then you're just going to stumble from one disaster to another.

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.

Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.

People who expect deference resent mere civility.

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

The civilities of the great are never thrown away.

That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.

There are people who balk at small civilities on account of their manifest insincerity. ... It is better and more logical to accept all the polite phraseology which facilitates intercourse, and contributes to the sweetness of life. If we discarded the formal falsehoods which are the currency of conversation, we should not be one step nearer the vital things of truth.

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.

There was no civility, there was no sophistication, there was nothing but raw resentment and anger on the part of the Hillary [Clinton] campaign staff.

There is nothing costs less than civility.

....a crucial measure of our success in life is the way we treat one another every day of our lives.

We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.

Acts of incivility against a person defending a faceless machine, beginning the slow decline of social interaction in the industrial age.

We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.

White people are getting more and more angry every day, Donald Trump was elected that the mask of civility - like an onion peeling - is being peeled off. Now naked hatred, not only in word but in deed, is being openly shown to us.

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.

As economies change, so do communication skills. From these changes, a need arises for new ways to incorporate a healthy social compass into our lives.

As much as we like to say "every vote counts", a much richer understanding of what creates and maintains thriving democracies is "every heart counts".

A talent for forgetting is necessary to maintain civility.

All the important roles shortly boiled down to one: remember your with other people; show some consideration.

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.

Be a blessing to all you are connecting with on social media. Encourage, rejoice and celebrate with each and every one. You will find that it will do wonders for your own attitude as well as those who may struggle with a negative mind-set.

Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. – Hubert Humphrey

Civility is an affectation if it is not informed by some deeper quality of character.

Civility is important, even though bitchiness is expedient.

Civility (sabhyata,) is the sign of one with the right belief (enlightened view, samkit) and etiquette is the sign of one with a wrong belief (deluded view, bhranti).

Civility and etiquette, gentlemen, are all important.

Civility requires that we listen and interact with intent to learn and respect others opinions.

Coarseness occurs in a land where platitude inflames this sense of entitlement to more of almost everything, but less of manners and taste, with their irritating intimations of authority and hierarchy.

Democracy is not something we have by divine right. It is a hard-won privilege granted to us by those who came before us and fought for it. These were people who knew the tyranny and injustice of oppressive masters who would deny ordinary people a voice and basic human rights, such as freedom of expression and association. But we forget that democracy requires an active, informed, and engaged citizenry that seeks the well-being of all, not just their gang, in order to thrive.

Democracy is a continuous, open process of civility. A democracy can never be “done”; updating democracy can never be over. Democracy can be nothing else but a continuous process, because we use it to organize our life, and life is nothing but a continuous process. Democracy can be compared to an operating system or an anti-virus software; if it does not get perpetually updated, it becomes obsolete very fast. Trusting the updates or the “improvements” of democracy to the elected and the owned mass media is like trusting the updates of an anti-virus program to virus creators; it defeats the purpose of updates or improvements.

Everything has a consequence to it.

For however decisive the Bolsheviks’ victory had been over the privileged classes on behalf of the Proletariat, they would be having banquets soon enough.