Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Involvement in public life provides the opportunity to shape our manners in accordance with civil justice. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Great appearance and manners may help to cure your insecurities in the public place.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
“Everyone wants to know why customer service has gone to hell in a handbasket. I want to know why customer behavior has… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I think dating courtesies are common courtesies that should be practiced in most all civilized encounters. I pine for the days of… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
In the actual state of social relationships, the forms ("formes", Fr.) of politeness are necessary as a subsitute to benevolence. — African Spir Copy Share Image
I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough of… — Willa Sibert Cather Copy Share Image
I heartily wish you, in the plain home-spun style, a great number of happy new years, well employed in forming both your… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Using titles such as Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr., etc. demonstrates respect. In previous generations, it was a social necessity and simply good… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
To sacrifice the principles of manners, which require compassion and respect, and bat people over the head with their ignorance of etiquette… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“One can become quite proficient at this amiable patter; the trick is to omit the instructive parts when attending formal dinner parties… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
As a boy, I once saw a cart of melons that sorely tempted me. I sneaked up to the cart and stole… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“laugh. How is it that manners are so strong that they pervade all situations?” — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“A gentleman holds my hand. A man pulls my hair. A soulmate will do both.” — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it. — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
