Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind. — Julia Ward Howe Copy Share Image
Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear. — William Allingham Copy Share Image
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“It is astounding what power being kind, mannered, polite and considerate has in transforming your life.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I speak and help some folks only because I believe they may be god in flesh, testing me for politeness.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them,… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could… — Clare B. Dunkle Copy Share Image
Politeness, however, acts the lady's maid to our thoughts; and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfumed, before they are presented… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.” — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
Nothing is more favorable to the rise of politeness and learning, than a number of neighboring and independent states, connected together by… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“Authors are really polite and down to earth, it's just people always have a sarcastic and bully approach towards them. There is… — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
“Often people that tell others they are "extremely polite" when the situation calls for tact and bluntness are not actually polite people.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
“Politeness is okay, but it gets old and boring. You want to attack life with a passion, not a politeness, you want… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Kindly politeness is the slow fruit of advanced reflection; it is a sort of humanity and kindliness applied to small acts and… — Hippolyte Taine Copy Share Image
“Punctuality," said Monte Cristo, "is the politeness of kings, according to one of your sovereigns, I think; but it is not the… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
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