Civility Quotes

127 Civility quotes by 105 unique authors

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
Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’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… — Unknown Author
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
Civility is only a passenger - not a driver - on the information superhighway. — Don Rittner
No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to draw the ignorant… — Richard Hakluyt
Civility, it is said, means obeying the unenforceable. — Ellen Goodman
Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church. — Dave Hickey
We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy. — Antanas Mockus
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all… — Iain Pears
As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace. — Mahnaz Afkhami
We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it. — Max De Pree
Diversity is not an abnormality but the very reality of our planet. The human world manifests the same reality and will not seek our permission… — Chinua Achebe
The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the newest… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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