Courtesy Quotes · Page 11

I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos.

— Kenneth Clark

“Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree?”

— Andrew Ashling

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone.

— Brian Tracy

Manners with fortunes, humors turn with climes, tenets with books, and principles with times.

— Alexander Pope

Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.

— Robert A. Heinlein

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment.

— William Shakespeare

If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to…

— Robert Chambers

The Indian is one of Nature's gentlemen--he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form…

— Susanna Moodie

The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring…

— Kenneth Rexroth

'MaerskKendal' is a rarity with its British flag, the 'LONDON' home port painted on its bow, its two British chief officers, and…

— Rose George

War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that, and not play at war.…

— Leo Tolstoy

There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our…

— Maya Angelou

Let those who follow me continue to build with the plumb of honor, the level of truth, and the square of integrity,…

— John Wanamaker

If you go out on a date, for the first date, a guy should pay, a guy should be respectful and, you…

— Carly Aquilino

Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is…

— Lord Chesterfield

I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

perhaps there is something more than courtesy behind the dissembling reticence of childhood. ... Most artists dislike having their incomplete work considered…

— Dervla Murphy

The affiliation clause in our Constitution is a privilege: a courtesy to a sympathetic body. Were you not a Mason, or Co-Mason,…

— Aleister Crowley

From the time I've landed in India and wherever I've travelled, I've only experienced politeness and courtesy. There has been no hatred…

— Fawad Khan

Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be…

— Confucius

On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused,…

— Confucius

Whatever one of us asked the other to do - it was assumed the asker would weigh all the consequences - the…

— Sheldon Vanauken

Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

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

— Mas Oyama

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

— Homer

Home should be a haven of love. Honor, courtesy, and respect symbolize love and characterize the righteous family.

— Thomas S. Monson

My father and he had cemented one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

— Alexander Pope

Traffic-calming areas work because they assume courtesy, not bad manners.

— Maureen Lipman

Don't judge my character or assume anything about me. If you don't want to shake my hand and get to know me.

— Sabs Kridrec

“I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve. There’d be no lies between us. We’d have time…

— C.S. Pacat

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

A good deed is never lost,He who sons courtesy Reaps friendship,and He who plants kindness gathers love

— GrowingBoldercom

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

— Robert Spector

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“For the record, the proposal was just a courtesy. You would have been mine regardless. -KANE”

— C.M. Owens

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

— John A. Lejeune

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

— William Shakespeare