Courtesy Quotes - Page 3

The first point of courtesy must always be truth.

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

Charity in various guises is an intruder the poor see often; but courtesy and delicacy are visitants with which they are seldom honored.

Ceremony is necessary in Courts, as the outwork and defense of manners.

Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.

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

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

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

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

Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.

My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.

Nay, I am the very pink of 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.

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.

For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.

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

Love may fail, but #‎ courtesy will prevail.

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

If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.

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

Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy.

Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.

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.