The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. — William C. Menninger Copy Share Image
“You know, when a beautiful bleeding woman shows up at your door, it's common courtesy to let her in or help her… — Allison Ivy Copy Share Image
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous. — Joan M. Drury Copy Share Image
Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling. — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Since there were others, a long time ago, who were kind enough to give me a hard time and allow me to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our lives are also fed by kind words and gracious behaviour. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such… — Edward M Hays Copy Share Image
Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but… — Thomas J. Watson Copy Share Image
In The Tricky Art of Co-Existing, Sandi Toksvig navigates life's little dilemmas with wit and not-so-common sense. You'll learn the strange history… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
When it comes to dressing well, American culture is so self-fulfilled that it has not only disregarded this courtesy of self-presentation, but… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
War, even in the best state of an army, with all the alleviations of courtesy and honor, with all the correctives of… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
“Asking permission to call someone by their first name is a gesture of gentility and consideration. And once permission is granted, the… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“A Swedish minister having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I root for hurricanes. When, courtesy of the Weather Channel, I see one forming in the ocean off the coast of Africa,… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
Graciousness, courtesy, compassion-this is hesed. Hesed is a quality that extends even to the animals and the land. The sabbath rest principle… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ceremony is necessary in Courts, as the outwork and defense of manners. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
