Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. — Horace Mann
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. — Jacques Maritain
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred. — Bryant H. McGill
A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners. — Mignon McLaughlin
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like. — Margaret Mead
On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners. — George Mikes
Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating… — Roger Moore
Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and… — Mary Wortley Montagu
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice… — Bill Nighy
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by… — Richard M. Nixon
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself. — Louis Nizer
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because… — Flannery O'Connor
It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like inviting a man… — David Ogilvy
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. — George Orwell
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. — Alexander Pope
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but… — Helen Rowland
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart. — John Ruskin
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. — Sydney Smith
I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to… — Sylvester Stallone
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. — Laurence Sterne
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in… — Jonathan Swift
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one… — Jonathan Swift

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