Being polite Quote by Charles Stross

If you behave like a doormat, expect to be stepped on and don't complain about it.

— Suzette Haden Elgin

“Rule 1: Be kind. Rule 2: Don't be a doormat when they step on you. Kindness and sticking up for yourself go hand in…

— Richie Norton

“The difference between being nice and being a doormat depends on whether you're choosing the time of your generosity or someone else is.”

— John Mulhall

If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first.

— Oscar Wilde

“Stop letting people treat you like shit. They play off your kindness, but there’s a difference between being kind and being a doormat”

— Ruby Rowe

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

— Jean de la Bruyere

I get into an awful lot of trouble for not being polite.

— Sheila Hancock

When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.

— Judith Martin

I'd rather be a door than a doormat...

— Elizabeth Peterson

What used to be called 'good manners' is now regarded as mere affectation. Open a door for a young woman, and she's likely to…

— Terry Wogan

I'm not going to sit there and be a doormat, you know what I mean?

— Angelina Pivarnick

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

— Oliver Goldsmith