Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely. — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Do not be deceived by the the politeness of the fey. Fey are almost always polite. This does not mean they will… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“You are a worthy competitor, the best rival I ever encountered, it is an honour to be your opponent, you are better… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Politeness is good only in social relations, because to be polite in literary or academic [matters] would be to be dishonest. Ipinasa… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
The almost Oriental politeness of the West Coast is one of its distinctive regional features, in marked contrast to the contentiousness of… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The people are different in L.A. There was a time when I lived in New York and that was a bit of… — Scott Clifton Copy Share Image
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know.… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
In the contemporary world, we think of politeness as surface behavior, like frosting - it's sweet and attractive and finishes off the… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Always tell the truth, use kind words, keep your promises, giggle and laugh, be positive, love one another, always be grateful, forgiveness… — Ashely Copy Share Image
“A moment of truth is very powerful. Instead of smiling to be polite, just frown. Instead of laughing when you are nervous… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image