Polite Quotes

407 Polite quotes by 351 unique authors

The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone. — Brian Tracy
Men have, for the most part, done with lamenting their lost faith. Sentimental tears over the happy, simple Christendom of their fathers are a thing… — Unknown Author
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all.… — Quentin Crisp
Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him? — Hafez
Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? — Jeff Goodell
The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family feeling, and just… — Judith Martin
I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him [when he was… — B B King
If some glorious angel suddenly descended through my living room ceiling and offered to take away the children I have and give me other, better… — Andrew Solomon
But in reality the point of free speech is for the stuff that’s over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech is only for… — Mark Steyn
I find that those men who are personally most polite to women, who call them angels and all that, cherish in secret the greatest contempt… — Germaine Greer
When I went to first grade and the other children said that their fathers were farmers, I simply didn't believe them. I agreed in order… — Jane Smiley
Are you telling me that the polite little note I sent my college alumni magazine has, by some unbeknownst series of errors, come to be… — Frank Bruni
The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple… — H. L. Mencken
You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has… — Lamar Hunt
People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics -… — Paul Davies
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest with… — Bernard Baruch
Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just be another dead… — Sam Houston
The American people are not naifs who yearn for isolationism, but they are starting to ask some hard questions about the way we have been… — Victor Davis Hanson
The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters. — Donna Leon
Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment. — Joseph O'Connor
Southerners will be polite until they are angry enough to kill you. — John Shelton Reed
The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans. — Philip J. Davis
Did you know...that when you walk past a flower, whether it be in somebody's garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower will always smile… — Ron Atchison
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. — Malcolm Bradbury
The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se. — June Jordan

Who Wrote These Polite Quotes

351 authors contributed a total of 407 Polite Quotes, led by these top contributors: