Civility Quotes

127 quotes by 105 authors

Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs. — Benjamin Franklin
I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my own improved behavior… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty… — Ayelet Waldman
So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof — John F. Kennedy
Because love is the great commandment, it ought to be at the center of all and everything we do in our own family, in our… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew… — Emily Dickinson
And I do not want anymore to be useful, to be docile, to lead / children out of the fields into the text / of… — Mary Oliver
Mitchell Sanders was right. For the common soldier, at least, war has the feel-the spiritual texture-of a great ghostly fog, thick and permanent. There is… — Tim O'Brien
She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of civility. His inner… — Maya Banks
Some people donâ€™t respond to civility. — James Ellroy
My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the… — Jane Austen
The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter society is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, no… — Ilona Andrews
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can… — Charles Colson
All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with… — E. O. Wilson
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. — P T Barnum
Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every nation; whereas industry,… — David Hume
When friends grow cold, and the converse of intimates languishes into vapid civility and commonplace, these only continue the unaltered countenance of happier days, and… — Washington Irving
Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to… — Jeb Bush
Teaching civility is an obligation of the family. — Stephen L. Carter

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