Courtesy Quotes

316 Courtesy quotes by 227 unique authors

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops. — John A. Lejeune
I think when you go on trial they should have a parrot there that says guilty or not guilty for you, as a sort of… — Jack Handey
One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do. — Cullen Hightower
Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends. — James Thomas Fields
We may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindness about us at little expense. Some of them will fall on good ground, and grow up… — Jeremy Bentham
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds! — William Shakespeare
Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity,… — Will Durant
Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which… — Cass Sunstein
Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them… — Confucius
If you are to use Alexander Graham Bell’s product, which is to say the blower, you should, in all courtesy, use it as he would… — Mark Forsyth
Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long… — Abraham Lincoln
New York City does not hold our former selves against us. Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy. — Colson Whitehead
My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy… — Lafcadio Hearn
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
Courtesy should be apparent in all our actions and words and in all aspects of daily life. But be courtesy, I do not mean rigid,… — Mas Oyama
Clyde Phillip Wachsberger's delightful memoir about tending beds of flowers as compensation for a lonely middle age only to find unexpected romance along the way… — Unknown Author
What can educators do to foster real intelligence?.. .We can attempt to teach the things that one might imagine the earth would teach us: silence,… — David W. Orr
There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our minds. And mercy,… — Maya Angelou
"If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a… — Stephen Covey
Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression.… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth and love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No matter how accomplished one might be in any branch of learning or art, one would have to be condemned to hell, if on where… — RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa
Love may fail, but #‎ courtesy will prevail. — Kurt Vonnegut
Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens. — Emily Post

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