Courtesy Quotes

316 Courtesy quotes by 227 unique authors

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war. — Confucius
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
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
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome… — James Thomas Fields
Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you. — Yasmina Reza
When a language creates - as it does - a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the… — Christopher Ricks
Every ordinary thing in your life is a word of God's love: your home, your work, the clothes you wear, the air you breathe, the… — Caryll Houselander
In life courtesy and self-possession, and in the arts style, are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise out of a deliberate… — William Butler Yeats
Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables,… — Edith Hamilton
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as… — Evelyn Waugh
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in carrying… — James Madison
I did a little bit of cocaine in the Eighties, courtesy of John Belushi, but fortunately I didn’t like it. But I smoked marijuana for… — James Garner
Karate begins and ends with courtesy. — Gichin Funakoshi
Remember that you must always have a deep regard for courtesy, and you must be respectful and obedient toward your seniors. — Gichin Funakoshi
I am not prepared to deny or assert any proposition which concerns myself; but certainly this solitary struggle with platitudinous atoms, called men and women… — Henry Adams
It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy — Mercy Otis Warren
When friends are at your hearthside met, Sweet courtesy has done its most If you have made each guest forget That he himself is not… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
I root for hurricanes. When, courtesy of the Weather Channel, I see one forming in the ocean off the coast of Africa, I find myself… — James Wolcott
I don't believe in stereotypes, I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy… — Mahatma Gandhi
The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone. — Brian Tracy
High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy. — Philip Sidney
If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its… — Thomas Berry
Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God… — Hilaire Belloc
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
To put off the inevitable, we try to fix the city in place, remember it as it was, doing to the city what we would… — Colson Whitehead

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