Courtesies Quotes
20 quotes by 18 authors
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Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of government…
— Ayn Rand
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given…
— Michael Josephson
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Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts…
— Michael Josephson
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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
— Philip Massinger
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A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many such men as…
— Mas Oyama
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When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes…
— Stephen Covey
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The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person,
— Nelson Mandela
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No man gains credit for his cowardly courtesies.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.
— William Shakespeare
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Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies.
— Woodrow Wilson
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Hail! the small courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it, like grace and beauty, which beget inclinations to love at…
— Laurence Sterne
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At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence to superhuman powers,…
— Peter Farb
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me' and other such simple courtesies...Rudeness, the absence…
— Edward M Hays
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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
— Henry Clay
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From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of…
— Confucius
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Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.
— John Wanamaker
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Everything is perfect. Everything is fine. The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind. Of course there may be…
— Jason Mraz
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I think dating courtesies are common courtesies that should be practiced in most all civilized encounters. I pine for the days of good, old-fashioned manners.
— Karen Marie Moning
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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
— Stephen Covey
Who Wrote These Courtesies Quotes
18 authors contributed a total of 20 Courtesies Quotes as follows: