Politeness Quotes · Page 6

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

— Alexander Pope

Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear.

— William Allingham

Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.

— Julia Ward Howe

Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,--all in one.

— Samuel Richardson

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

— Jackie Kennedy

Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Anyone can be polite to a king. It takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar

— Anonymous

To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.

— Edmond Rostand

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

— Anonymous

Society, by insisting on conventions, has merely insisted on certain convenient signs by which we may know that a man is considering,…

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn't have many manners…

— Bono

The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea…

— Dorothea Johnson

You've gotta be very careful that grace and politeness do not merge into a banality of behavior, where we're just nice, sort…

— Bono

“We are enjoined whenever we behold the gifts of God in others so to reverence and respect the gifts as also to…

— John Calvin

It is because gold is rare that gilding has been invented, which, without having its solidity, has all its brilliancy. Thus, to…

— Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who…

— Agnes Repplier

I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity [Wellesley] stuck us all with, a kind of glazed politeness in the…

— Nora Ephron

Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those…

— Baltasar Gracian

Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as…

— John Adams

“Politeness, I learned at her salon, is a demanding discipline; to convince others without recourse to the tricks of the demagogue or…

— Iain Pears

Why did Americans smile so often? Was it out of politeness or because of a gay disposition? Whatever it was, I for…

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the…

— Marcel Proust

Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth.…

— Garrison Keillor

Fine manners are like personal beauty,--a letter of credit everywhere.

— C. A. Bartol

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.

— Dumas Malone

It is great to be considerate of others, but think before sacrificing your own needs to please them.

— Senora Roy

Politeness has become so rare that people mistake it for flirting.

— Anonymous

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“As I’ve heard other people’s mothers tell their daughters, politeness is its own reward.”

— Susan Ee

Politeness has become so rare that some people mistake it for flirtation...

— Waseem

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

— P. T. Barnum

Kindness is not a virtue when you sacrifice the truth to achieve it.

— Drew Istotle

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

— Vladimir Putin

“Francis Bacon somewhere remarks that politeness veils vice just as dress masks wrinkles.”

— John Doran

Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.

— Joseph Joubert

He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of…

— Anonymous

such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment.

— Fanny Burney

Tact is the great ability to see other people as they think you see them.

— Carl Zuckmayer

“His manner somehow friendly and courtly at the same time.”

— Nancy Gibbs