Civility Quotes

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

— Ambrose Bierce

Civility is not a sign of weakness.

— John F. Kennedy

Civility cost nothing.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

“Citizenship is not a spectator sport.”

— Steve Miska

Virginians deserve civility.

— Ralph Northam

There is nothing costs less than civility.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.

— Stephen Carter

Civility is a charm that attracts the love of all men.

— George Horne

There's a civility that has always been a part of me.

— Joel Grey

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

— Charles Dickens

Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

— Benjamin Franklin

I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.

— Malala Yousafzai

“Civility is important, even though bitchiness is expedient.”

— Laura Tallulah Holland

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

— Jay Weatherill

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

— Jane Austen

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

— Claire McCaskill

I am a pretty level-headed person, but that person, Harry Reid, has been the most destructive entity in Washington when it comes…

— Dana Perino

“It is contrary to the usual practice of professional men to give their opinions upon each other's work unless regularly called upon…

— John Smeaton

There was no civility, there was no sophistication, there was nothing but raw resentment and anger on the part of the Hillary…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Nastiness devalues the speaker as well because the unwillingness to restrain the urge marks the speaker as less civilized, more animal-like.”

— Stephen L. Carter

“All the important roles shortly boiled down to one: remember your with other people; show some consideration.”

— Lynne Truss

No one will give you change. You have to work for it. You have to earn it not by screaming, but by…

— Haifaa al-Mansour

So let us begin anew -- remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always…

— John F. Kennedy

Is it civility for Barack Obama to continually lie, to promise the same things he's promised us last year and the year…

— Rush Limbaugh

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating…

— Steven Weber

Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership -- when politicians choose scorched earth over common…

— Hillary Clinton

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by…

— Lord Chesterfield

Authors have a greater right than any copyright, though it is generally unacknowledged or disregarded. They have a right to the reader's…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think…

— Laurence Steinberg

In less than a century after the barbarian nations settled in their new conquests, almost all the effects of the knowledge and…

— Bryan Ward-Perkins

The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter society is that civility is due to all women.…

— Ilona Andrews

“They were buffoons with barricaded eyes, their shoulders held in positions of immovable defense. Each position upon the great floor could be…

— Frank Herbert

They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight.…

— Jane Austen

You know, we did a good job in containing the Soviet Union, but we made a lot of mistakes, we supported really…

— Hillary Clinton

Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect…

— P. M. Forni

A crucial turning point in that earlier history occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of…

— Alasdair MacIntyre

There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who…

— Seneca the Younger

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.

— William Hazlitt

There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

— Edward Albee