Best 133 quotes in «courtesy quotes» category

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with a smile and present with a bow.

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.

Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy.

People who treat waitresses or waiters rudely - or taxi drivers - I have very little tolerance for those people. They work really hard. They deserve courtesy and respect.

Other Courtesies have been - Other Courtesy may be - We commend ourselves to thee Paragon of Chivalry.

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

President Obama inherited a one trillion dollar deficit courtesy of George Bush and turned it into a three trillion dollar deficit courtesy of Karl Marx!

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature.

Spiritual strength and passion, when accompanied by bad manners, only provoke loathing.

Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy.

The grace of God is courtesy.

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

The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease.

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

The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy; his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure.

The greater man the greater courtesy.

The greater person is one of courtesy.

The movements of the eyes express the perpetual and unconscious courtesy of the parties.

The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

The outward expression of empathy is courtesy.

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

There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.

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.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

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.

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

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.

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

We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses.

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

true courtesy ... is real kindness kindly expressed.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

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

When courtesy fails, be nasty, brutish, and short.

...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal will be only a miserly beggar; for the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it, but by spending it - and not by spending as he please but by knowing how to spend it well. To the poor gentleman there is no other way of showing that he is a gentleman than by virtue, by being affable, well-bred, courteous, gentle-mannered and helpful; not haughty, arrogant or censorious, but above all by being charitable...and no one who sees him adorned with the virtues I have mentioned, will fail to recognize and judge him, though he know him not, to be of good stock.

Aggression is just where politeness is ignored.

A Swedish minister having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical facts on which our religion is founded — such as the fall of our first parents by eating an apple, the coming of Christ to repair the mischief, his miracles and suffering, etc. When he had finished an Indian orator stood up to thank him. ‘What you have told us,’ says he, ‘is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far to tell us those things which you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours. ‘In the beginning, our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on, and if their hunting was unsuccessful they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to boil some parts of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds and seat herself on that hill which you see yonder among the Blue Mountains. ‘They said to each other, “It is a spirit that perhaps has smelt our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her.” They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it and said: “Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you will find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.” They did so, and to their surprise found plants they had never seen before, but which from that ancient time have been constantly cultivated among us to our great advantage. Where her right hand had touched the ground they found maize; where her left had touched it they found kidney-beans; and where her backside had sat on it they found tobacco.’ The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said: ‘What I delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.’ The Indian, offended, replied: ‘My brother, it seems your friends have not done you justice in your education; they have not well instructed you in the rules of common civility. You saw that we, who understand and practise those rules, believed all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?

But a favor has to be answered by another favor, and the courtesies became a chain that imprisoned us.

Courtesy is one's own affair, but decency is a debt to life

Courtesy, not control, that was His means. Just as He requested the stars to sing and they leapt into bright being, so request was to be their rule over bird and beast, seas and trees, mountains and moons and all the dancing distances between the heavenlies filled with the unending song of Creation.

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.

Courtesy is not learned by instinct. Like the other components of respect, courtesy has to be taught and modeled.

My dear, a little smile, a little courtesy, a little kindness is what beauty entails. Some are not roses, some are oranges.