Children Quote by Patricia Briggs

“Polite people tend to be more respected, admired, and appreciated than their rude counterparts.”

— Susan C. Young

“They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly…

— Theresa Breslin

“Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest.”

— Dean Koontz

“I am little acquainted with politeness, but I know a good deal of benevolence of temper and goodness of heart.”

— Robert Burns

“As if the only genuine gestures were the small ones, the ones devoid of an audience. As if true honesty belonged to solitude, since…

— Steven Erikson

“Lots of people act well, but very few people talk well, which shows that talking is much the more difficult thing of the two,…

— Oscar Wilde

“Of course people need not be always talking well. Only one tells the quality of their minds when they try to talk well.”

— George Eliot

“Were there socially accepted ways to curtail dull conversations?”

— Brent Weeks

“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”

— Amit Kalantri

“he came from a generation where teachers were revered and respected, not ridiculed and scorned.  And, perhaps, because he didn’t quite understand them, he…

— Terri Reid

“They were good listeners, worldly yet easily shocked, hungry for details, curious and nonjudgmental at the same time, always happy to give advice, but…

— Tom Perrotta

“manners must be very marked indeed before they cease to be interpreted by preconceptions either confident or distrustful”

— George Eliot