Civility Quotes · Page 5

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

— Samuel Johnson

“To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life”

— Sherwood Anderson

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

— Orson Scott Card

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.

— Dallin H. Oaks

I feel it is our inherent duty as a humane society, above any intangible responsibility, to invest in our world's children's potential,…

— Masiela Lusha

I published 'Rules of Civility' while I was still working. It became a best seller. I was working on this book, and…

— Amor Towles

In the deaths of figures such as George H.W. Bush there's another opportunity to prize the civility we lament as having passed.

— Jessica Tarlov

The more you look back into English history, the more you are forced to the conclusion that alongside civility and the deeply…

— Anna Pavlova

True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with…

— Julian Baggini

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural…

— Joseph Story

Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital…

— Mahnaz Afkhami

“Culture doesn't just change because it ought to. It changes because we decide to honestly assess the values, behaviours, and systems that…

— Diane Kalen-Sukra

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit,…

— Aaron Sorkin

I don't like that new age posture where you kind of tilt your head. I don't like that posture right now. I…

— George Saunders

Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for…

— Barack Obama

I think we need leadership that can gently and with affection remind us of what we Americans mostly agree upon: civility, kindness,…

— George Saunders

What concerns me most is the horrible degradation our notions of truth, civility, and decency have undergone. Also the way that language…

— George Saunders

All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or…

— Leon Krier

God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the…

— Francis Bacon

Now the good of political life is a great political good. It is not a secular good specified by a comprehensive doctrine…

— John Rawls

Never far from a dining table, the characters in Heather A. Slomski's limpid and elegant debut collection are not given to melodramatics.…

— Jaimy Gordon

“Be constantly civil. Martin Luther King Jr. had shown without fail his fortitude on abiding the laws of civility. In the confines…

— Larry Berg

“It is in the home that our behavior is most significant. It is the place where our actions have the greatest impact,…

— Wayne S. Peterson

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

— Cullen Hightower

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect…

— John Howard

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Love taught him shame, and shame with love at strife Soon taught the sweet civilities of life.

— John Dryden

“A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.”

— John R. Dallas Jr

“When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.”

— John Patrick Hickey

“If I had to name the biggest difference between Bhutan and the rest of the world, I could do it in one…

— Linda Leaming

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

— P.M. Forni

We cannot expect to move forward or win anyone over to our side if we dehumanize the people we speak to. Productivity…

— Mike Johnson

The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the…

— John Cornyn

You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

— Moliere

The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

— P. T. Barnum

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

— Karl Rove

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

— George W. Bush

“The civility of young Branghton, I much suspect, was merely the result of his father's commands”

— Frances Burney

As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward…

— Mahnaz Afkhami