Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal… — Samuel Adams
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order,… — Gouverneur Morris
The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten… — Noah Webster
You have no sensitivity that your soul shall leave in the subtle body and that your subtle body is as sophisticated as anything in the… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life... — Barbara Tuchman
There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can ever hope to… — Nicholas Murray Butler
In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular:… — William Strunk, Jr.
The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass… — Pliny the Elder
The automobile, practical since 1906, was proceeding to disintegrate and stamp anew the pattern of communication, manners, and city life in the United States, by… — Russell Kirk
We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style — Coco Chanel
Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value to… — Freya Stark
As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette? — Federico Fellini
Dressing well is an expression of manners. — Tom Ford
The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls. — George Bernard Shaw
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis. — Alfred P. Sloan
The society of women is the element of good manners. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not only good manners, but equally good business. — Emily Post
When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude. — Theodore Dalrymple
I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There… — Christopher Lee
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let them engage with… — Matt Fraction
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the… — Winston Churchill
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species. — Henry Fielding
Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It's not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman's ability… — Benazir Bhutto
The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of… — Mercy Otis Warren

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