Quotes About Politeness

Diplomacy is to do and say, The nastiest thing in the nicest way.

Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest things in the nicest way.

Fontenelle was the most civilized man of his time, and indeed of most times.

Visitors should behave in such a way that the host and hostess feel at home.

We elevate the status of others with compliments, flattery, ingratiating comments, public roasts, awards, and outright praise and adoration. People around the world systematically use the tactics of politeness—hesitations, indirectness, apologies, formalities—when speaking with higher-status individuals. These subtle shifts in phrasing, syntax, and delivery convey the respect that the speaker feels toward the recipient.

1. Become people who seek the truth, create value and possess wisdom and enthusiasm. 2. Do not cause trouble to others, and always take responsibility for your own actions. 3. Be considerate and polite, reject violence and value trustworthiness and cooperation. 4. Boldly speak out for your beliefs and act courageously for the sake of truth and justice. 5. Cultivate an enterprising spirit and become respectable leaders of Japan and the world.

Miss Daisy, if I can go to the bathroom even though I don't really have

He tsked. "No tits, no manners." He shook his head. "You should try to have at least one or the other. A pair of great tits covers a multitude of sins.

Overdo Thank-Yous:

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Richard Nixon made a toast to me as a future Prime Minister of Canada when I was 4 months old, sitting as a centerpiece in the middle of a table as my father had plonked me down there. It was more about politeness than any great vision.

You are the politest man I know, Jake Burnett." "Had politeness beat into me.

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

So ingrained, Gamache knew, was our training to be polite that even in the midst of a terrible personal loss people still smiled.

Comment allez-vous?" asked Gamache, losing his hold on the wild eye. "I'm doing well, merci. You?

Politeness, delicacy [and] decency ... are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery, and cowardice.

I am always saying 'Glad to have met you.' to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy

A little politeness might smooth the way ahead. Knowing it was his turn to be dispatched, the best he could hope for was as swift a death as the one Massetti had so thanklessly received.

Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.

Good-breeding carries along with it a dignity that is respected by the most petulant. Ill-breeding invites and authorizes the familiarity of the most timid.

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.

Manners are really very important to me.