Becoming Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing is more becoming in a great man than courtesy and forbearance

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men.

— Anonymous

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use…

— Rene Descartes

All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him for the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high…

— Thomas Sprat

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

— Marcus Aurelius

In all your relations to men be great, just, generous, courteous, and kindly. The great are never otherwise.

— Wallace D. Wattles

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

— Honore de Balzac

It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience.

— Horace Bushnell

Great men always pay deference to greater.

— Walter Savage Landor