Manners Quotes - Page 9

Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength.

The great thing about being always among people of noble manners was the inevitable elevation of one's own.

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

A great social reformer.

There is a nobility in the world of manners.

Many young persons believe themselves natural when they are only impolite and coarse.

Morals are three-quarters manners.

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

rudeness to Mrs. Dosely was like dropping a pat of butter on to a hot plate - it slid and melted away.

Ever the characteristic manners of cowardice.

There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.

For you cannot have gentility without paying for it.

And where does she find them?

[Magnus] reminded himself of his manners, and bowed. "Charmed," he said. "Or whatever effect would please you best, I'm sure.

Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.

Some people are so methodical that that is all they are or ever will be.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.