Courtesy Quotes

316 Courtesy quotes by 227 unique authors

Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them. — Jeffrey R. Holland
I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of… — Maya Angelou
Life is a gift, and i try to respond with grace and courtesy. — Maya Angelou
On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong.… — Confucius
See ye not, Courtesy is the true Alchemy, turning to gold all it touches and tries? — George Meredith
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours. — Philip Massinger
Love one another, push the perimeter of this glorious language. Lastly, please show proper courtesy; open not your neighbor's mail. — Mark Dunn
If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy. — Piero Ferrucci
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. — E. V. Lucas
The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time. — Gustav Stresemann
The grace of God is courtesy. — Hilaire Belloc
Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong. — Henry Newbolt
I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people… — Peter Arnett
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of… — Xunzi
The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is… — Elizabeth Hardwick
I tried to remember how to exhale. I had to look away before it came back to me. — Stephenie Meyer
My father and he had one of those English friendships which begins by avoiding the intimacies and eventually eliminates speech altogether. — Jorge Luis Borges
I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for… — Elbert Hubbard
Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Loving your child also means respecting him as a person. Treat him with the same courtesy as would a friend. — Claudia Jones
The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion. — Mas Oyama
Gandhiji would always offer full details of his plans and movements to the police, thereby saving them a great deal of trouble. One police inspector… — Unknown Author
Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the most modest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil… — William Shakespeare
President David O. McKay (1873-1970) observed that too many couples come to "marriage looking upon the marriage ceremony as the end of courtship instead of… — David O. McKay
If you love men and they are unfriendly, look into your love; if you rule men and they are unruly, look into your wisdom; if… — Mencius

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