Quotes About Politeness

Tact is good taste in action.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent.

Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

Good manners are not bred in moments, but in years.

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow.

And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.

Making the extra effort to say thanks in a genuine, personal manner goes a long way. It is pleasurable to do, and it encourages more of the same good behavior.

Too many people think that "good manners" are about subjugating yourself to others. Not true. Respect, and just as important, self-respect are two key elements in this equation.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,--all in one.

Honor has to say "please" and "thank you." Manners are really important.

Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.