"Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense……" — Emily Post
"Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self."
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29 Quotes by Emily Post
Emily Post has 29 quotes on this site.
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The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can…
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Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.
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Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings…
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An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.
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Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know…
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Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.
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Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them…
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The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy,…
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Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to…
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The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the…
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A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.
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The letter we all love to receive is one that carries so much of the writer’s personality that she seems…
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More Consideration Quotes
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The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions…
— Mary Astell
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In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.
— Gary Bauer
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are…
— Warren G. Bennis
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
— Ambrose Bierce
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If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by…
— Theodor Adorno
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The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is…
— Allan Bloom
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any…
— Danny Boyle
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I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.
— Jo Brand
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In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political…
— Richard Carmona
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I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a…
— Grover Cleveland
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Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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