Gentleman Quote by William Maxwell

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

— Winston Churchill

A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes…

— Confucius

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

— Anonymous

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

— Benjamin Disraeli

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

— Haruki Murakami

A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.

— Lord Chesterfield

A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.

— Georgette Mosbacher

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The gentleman is a man of truth, lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner dependent…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

— Anonymous

A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.

— John Lancaster Spalding

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

— Hilaire Belloc