Etiquette Quote by Emily Post Download Open image “Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.” — Emily Post ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Etiquette Presumption
The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry and want… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
People think, mistakenly, that etiquette means you have to suppress your differences. On the contray, etiquette is what enables you to deal with them;… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Like life and people, it is full of paradoxes. Etiquette is based on tradition, and yet it can change. Its ramifications are trivialities, but… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Etiquette enables you to resolve conflict without just trading insults. Without etiquette, the irritations in modern life are so abrasive that you see people… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it. — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
To follow good manners willingly is like paving the road and to tell somebody to follow them is like the road which is always… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
“Persons under the shock of genuine affliction are not only upset mentally but are all unbalanced physically. No matter how calm and controlled they… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not only good manners, but equally good business. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke from a… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Excepting a religious ceremonial, there is no occasion where greater dignity of manner is required of ladies and gentlemen both, than in occupying a… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
“The most advertised commodity is not always intrinsically the best; but is sometimes merely the product of a company, with plenty of money to… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she must not… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Humility simply means that you do a great job at everything and it isn't really a big deal. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Any individual is capable of realizing the truth at any time. No tradition is necessary, no chain, no lineage. Once you have realized the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is important in self-discovery is the person who keeps going, who has a smile, who is kind to others, who works hard at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is a strange taboo in our society against ending something merely because it is not pleasant-- life, love, a conversation, you name it,… — Helen DeWitt Copy Share Image
Do not feel that you are destined not to make that final liberation in this life. This is egotism in a reverse form. Don't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.” — John Patrick Hickey Copy Share Image
Your mantrum is the awareness of the dream - to enjoy and appreciate and have gratitude for all; neither to condemn nor to liberate,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
