Courtesy Quotes - Page 2

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

ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.

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

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

All doors open to courtesy.

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

Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.

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

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.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

Never say an unkind word to anyone.

The greater person is one of courtesy.

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

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

The outward expression of empathy is courtesy.

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

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.

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

Ill seemes (sayd he) if he so valiant be, That he should be so sterne to stranger wight; For seldom yet did living creature see That courtesie and manhood ever disagree.

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.

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

Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth.