Courtesy Quotes · Page 11

I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.

— Philip Massinger

“It is unpredictable for you to know which of the strangers you are about to meet that becomes your friend. Be polite…

— Israelmore Ayivor

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.

— William Shakespeare

Nothing is more becoming in a great man than courtesy and forbearance

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person,

— Nelson Mandela

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

— Anonymous

Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?' 'Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down…

— Anonymous

I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend…

— Mitt Romney

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

— John Wanamaker

“Don’t ever stray from yourself, in order to be close to someone that doesn’t have the courtesy to remind you of your…

— Shannon L. Alder

Water is a commodity not by any means to be found everywhere...When found, it is more than likely to be bad, being…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Other Courtesies have been - Other Courtesy may be - We commend ourselves to thee Paragon of Chivalry.

— Emily Dickinson

Courtesy is doing that which nothing under the sun makes you do but human kindness. Courtesy springs from the heart; if the…

— B. C. Forbes

I tried to remember how to exhale. I had to look away before it came back to me.

— Stephenie Meyer

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Ill seemes (sayd he) if he so valiant be, That he should be so sterne to stranger wight; For seldom yet did…

— Edmund Spenser

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

— Thomas S. Monson

If you love men and they are unfriendly, look into your love; if you rule men and they are unruly, look into…

— Mencius

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

— Honore de Balzac

See ye not, Courtesy is the true Alchemy, turning to gold all it touches and tries?

— George Meredith

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

— Kenneth Clark

Kindliness, friendliness, the courtesy of the heart, are ever-flowing streams of non egoistic impulses, and have given far more powerful assistance to…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants…

— John Cheever

The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either for getting…

— Brooks Atkinson