Courtesy Quotes

316 Courtesy quotes by 227 unique authors

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. — Henry Clay
Water is a commodity not by any means to be found everywhere...When found, it is more than likely to be bad, being either from a… — Theodore Roosevelt
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
I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it more truly a… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
All doors open to courtesy. — Thomas Fuller
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. — Mahatma Gandhi
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice. — Baltasar Gracian
When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope… — Melissa Etheridge
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. — George Herbert
Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the… — Thomas Jefferson
I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a… — Hedy Lamarr
I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other… — Fran Lebowitz
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. — Abraham Lincoln
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the… — Nelson Mandela
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. — Jacques Maritain
Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find… — Kent McCord
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. — Bryant H. McGill
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of… — Bryant H. McGill
Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who… — Grover Norquist
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use. — Emily Post
I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint. — Little Richard

Who Wrote These Courtesy Quotes

227 authors contributed a total of 316 Courtesy Quotes, led by these top contributors: