Civility Quotes

Virginians deserve civility.

— Ralph Northam

Civility is the beauty of behaviour.

— Rabindranath Tagore

“Citizenship is not a spectator sport.”

— Steve Miska

Civility cost nothing.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Civility is not a sign of weakness.

— John F. Kennedy

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

— Ambrose Bierce

“I am worn out with civility.”

— Jane Austen

Fair words cost nothing.

— John Gay

Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.

— E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

I think civility is important to getting things done.

— Amy Klobuchar

There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

— Edward Albee

“All of that savage power hidden under so much civility.”

— Jacquelyn Frank

“A sweetened poison may go down more easily but will kill you just as surely.”

— Jamie Arpin-Ricci

We were wrong when we defined 'civility' as saying the wrong things the right way.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field.

— Jimmy Haslam

“extraordinary talent and civility were not mutually exclusive”

— Jacque Pepin

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

— Samuel Johnson

Civility is the recognition that all people have dignity that's inherent to their person, no matter their religion, race, gender, sexuality, or…

— Opal Tometi

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

— Paul D. Boyer

“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

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

— Dallin H. Oaks

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

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

A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the…

— Thomas Adams

If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldier's honour…

— George Herbert

“Civility is the everyday ethic of honoring the dignity of others as we would wish our own to be honored—an active commitment…

— Diane Kalen-Sukra

Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine…

— Henry A. Kissinger

No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to…

— Richard Hakluyt

While I began writing 'Rules of Civility' in 2006, the genesis of the book dates back to the early 1990s, when I…

— Amor Towles

My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family…

— Elizabeth Warren

From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics…

— Brian Boitano

“Now, you may think this is all kindergarten ethics, right down to the time-out for naught kids. If so, you are correct.…

— Jimmy Wales

The Indians , whom we call barbarous, observe much more decency and civility in their discourses and conversation, giving one another a…

— John Locke

Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances,…

— Samuel Johnson

But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know…

— Barack Obama

You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's…

— Malala Yousafzai

The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could…

— Tony Judt

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

— George Saunders

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

— George Saunders