Courtesy Quotes · Page 6

“Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

If ever I should affect injustice, it would be in this, that I might do courtesies and receive none.

— Owen Feltham

If you know someone is already taken, respect their relationship. Don't be the reason why they end up single.

— Anonymous

Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

— Stephen Covey

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

— Saadi

Courtesy wins woman all as well. As valor may, but he that closes both is perfect.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.

— Piero Ferrucci

My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.

— William Shakespeare

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but…

— Thomas J. Watson

Since there were others, a long time ago, who were kind enough to give me a hard time and allow me to…

— Frederick Lenz

Every ordinary thing in your life is a word of God's love: your home, your work, the clothes you wear, the air…

— Caryll Houselander

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine…

— Edmund Burke

I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something…

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— John Cheever

Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of…

— Martin Cooper

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by…

— Confucius

“[Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard] would not schedule any Cabinet meetings in the evening because he'd previously observed as a minister…

— Fleur Anderson

…he is unlike the other customers. They sense it too, and look at him with hard eyes, eyes like little metal studs…

— Anonymous

Mike Pence came out and said this was a courtesy call, then Donald Trump a few hours later went on Twitter, as…

— Geoff Dyer

The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These…

— H. G. Wells

Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though…

— Aravind Adiga

Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is…

— Lord Chesterfield

The affiliation clause in our Constitution is a privilege: a courtesy to a sympathetic body. Were you not a Mason, or Co-Mason,…

— Aleister Crowley

From the time I've landed in India and wherever I've travelled, I've only experienced politeness and courtesy. There has been no hatred…

— Fawad Khan

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

— Stephenie Meyer

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

— Mitt Romney

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

— William Shakespeare

The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with…

— Doug Stanhope

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

— John Wanamaker

Courtesy is simply doing unto others what you would like them to do unto you.

— Aristophanes

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

— Kenneth Clark

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still…

— Coventry Patmore

“Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree?”

— Andrew Ashling

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Manners with fortunes, humors turn with climes, tenets with books, and principles with times.

— Alexander Pope

“Courtesy and kindness cultivate confidence with good Netiquette. Doing things right makes you feel good.”

— David Chiles

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy

— Mercy Otis Warren

“have the confidence to be who you are, and allow others the courtesy of being who they are, without judgement.”

— Monica Alexander

May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, courtesy, and love. May they be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.

— Thomas S. Monson

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

— John Wanamaker