Courtesy Quotes

316 Courtesy quotes by 227 unique authors

Courtesy is the due of man to man; not of suit-of-clothes to suit-of-clothes. — Thomas Carlyle
The greater person is one of courtesy. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies. — Woodrow Wilson
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. — Alexander Pope
Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named. — John Milton
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
If i had known... i would have lingered over my coffee a little longer. — Mary Anne Radmacher
Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for… — Irwin Edman
Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service. — Michael E. DeBakey
It's one thing, holding open the door for someone at a grocery store, or the library, or just about anyplace else. But the doughnut shop… — Linwood Barclay
The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty. — Karel Capek
I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to… — Tim Kaine
Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy. — Baruch Spinoza
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
There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at… — Michel de Montaigne
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
Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of… — Michel de Montaigne
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance. — Benjamin Franklin
A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants to display the… — John Cheever
What restricts the use of the word 'lady' among the courteous is that it is intended to set a woman apart from ordinary humanity, and… — Judith Martin
Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy — Owen Feltham
My career as a critic still lay in the future but unconsciously I may have been preparing for it. They were not easy companions, these… — Diana Trilling
We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you… — William Shawn
Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are… — Baltasar Gracian

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