Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to… — Adrienne Monnier Copy Share Image
I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
“A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.” — John R. Dallas Jr Copy Share Image
“When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.” — John Patrick Hickey Copy Share Image
“If I had to name the biggest difference between Bhutan and the rest of the world, I could do it in one… — Linda Leaming Copy Share Image
I'd like to see a rebirth of America - go back where there's equal rights for everybody and that people succeed to… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Technology and production can be great benefactors of man, but they are mindless instruments, and if undirected they careen along with a… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The more you look back into English history, the more you are forced to the conclusion that alongside civility and the deeply… — Anna Pavlova Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
A SWEET disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness : A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
“If the secret core of potlatch is the reciprocity of exchange, why is this reciprocity not asserted directly, why does it assume… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema,… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been… — Mary Ann Glendon Copy Share Image
And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Love taught him shame, and shame with love at strife Soon taught the sweet civilities of life. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“…a crucial measure of our success in life is the way we treat one another every day of our lives.” — P.M. Forni Copy Share Image
We cannot expect to move forward or win anyone over to our side if we dehumanize the people we speak to. Productivity… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want. — Moliere Copy Share Image
The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush. — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What… — Dawn French Copy Share Image
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The civility of young Branghton, I much suspect, was merely the result of his father's commands” — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital… — Mahnaz Afkhami Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
While Obama, the olive-branch poseur, has called for a restoration of 'civility' in Washington and liberal elites whine and whinny about the… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
“Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a… — William Jones Copy Share Image
