Civility Quotes

127 quotes by 106 authors

Ultimately, 'how's it going?' is the most futile and the most profound of questions. To answer it precisely, one would have to make a scrupulous… — Pascal Bruckner
The need for civility in society has never been more important. The foundation of kindness and civility begins in our homes. It is not surprising… — Quentin L. Cook
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is:… — Janice Rogers Brown
The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris… — George H. W. Bush
All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or negative effect on… — Leon Krier
Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect successfully and live… — P. M. Forni
If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot make it better… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge… — Dale Carnegie
Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the writing of fiction.… — Dale Carnegie
Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What I am doing… — George Will
Civility is a work of the imagination, for it is through the imagination that we render others sufficiently like ourselves for them to become subjects… — Benjamin Barber
An enforced uniformity of religion throughout a nation or civil state, confounds the civil and religious, denies the principles of Christianity and civility, and that… — Roger Williams
Letâ€™s not forget that American democracy started with â€˜We the Peopleâ€™ agreeing to work hard to create â€˜a more perfect union.â€™ Weâ€™ve lost the idea… — Parker J. Palmer
In less than a century after the barbarian nations settled in their new conquests, almost all the effects of the knowledge and civility, which the… — Bryan Ward-Perkins
People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt. — Lord Chesterfield
Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are… — Aaron Sorkin
Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good. — Mahatma Gandhi
I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned. — Paul D. Boyer

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