Civility Quote by Anonymous

Civility is not a sign of weakness.

— John F. Kennedy

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

— John F. Kennedy

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

— George W. Bush

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.

— Henry David Thoreau

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

— George Henry Lewes

It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.

— Amitai Etzioni

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

— Voltaire

Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.

— Vladimir Lenin

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.

— David Brooks

Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.

— William Hazlitt

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

— Jim Leach

Some sincerity will serve well in the long run but total sincerity is often detrimental.

— Martin Dansky