Youth Quote by Jane Austen

“Which makes his good manners the more valuable. The older a person grows, Harriet, the more important it is that their manners should not…

— Jane Austen

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly…

— Socrates

All children in the '50s were taught manners, they were taught to say please and thank you, they were taught not to be rude.…

— Temple Grandin

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own nasty way.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people…

— Nancy Friday

“Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence…

— Henry Alford

“What is passable in youth is detestable in later age”

— Jane Austen

The finest manners in the world are awkwardness and fatuity when contrasted with a finer intelligence. They appear but as the fashions of past…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Dear elders! Age will not carry your respect level always. But your words do! Stay respectful.”

— Nelson Jack

Manners will become important to children only if they are important to their parents.

— Thomas Lickona