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Quotes About Graciousness

If someone comes up to me and asks for an autograph or picture, who am I to say no?
~ Matt Riddle
I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.
~ Paula Deen
I thought you should have a few days to get your bearings. You can begin work here on Monday." "That's very generous of you, sir, but I am willing to begin at once if I am needed." Roland waved away the comment. "Not necessary, Mr. Ludgrove. Monday will be soon enough." Jack nodded. Though my wife is expecting you to be our guest for supper your first night in Killdeer." "I wouldn't want to put her out, Mr. Everton." Jack stood.
~ Robin Lee Hatcher
Leave this place better than you found it," she admonished. And so we did. We also had to leave wood for the next person's fire, with tinder and kindling carefully sheltered from rain by a sheet of birch bark. I liked to imagine their pleasure, those other paddlers, arriving after dark to find a ready pile of fuel to warm their evening meal.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
~ Tommy Lasorda
At Sandwich, in 1579, she paid the magistrates' wives a great compliment when, without employing a food taster, she sampled some of the 160 dishes they had prepared for her and even ordered some to be taken to her lodgings so that she could eat them later.
~ Alison Weir
Rivas estuvo bien, justo es decirlo. Nos hizo sentar, nos sirvió té, nos explicó sin prisa, y hasta nos hizo un dibujito en un recetario.
~ Eduardo Sacheri
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.
~ Anonymous
Given to hospitality.
~ Anonymous
There's coffee for those who want it,' the Duke said.
~ Frank Herbert
Let waiting be our work, as it is His. And, if His waiting is nothing but goodness and graciousness, let ours be nothing but a rejoicing in that goodness, and a confident expectancy of that grace. And, let every thought of waiting become to us the simple expression of unmingled and unutterable blessedness, because it brings us to a God who waits that He may make Himself known to us perfectly as the gracious One.   My soul, wait thou only upon God!
~ Andrew Murray
together. "Thank you for being such polite
~ Ann M. Martin
Just keep playing, mastering as you do the step Into disorder this one meant. Don't you see It's all we can do? Meanwhile, great fires Arise, as of haystacks aflame. The dial has been set And that's ominous, but all your graciousness in living Conspires with it, now that this is our home: A place to be from, and have people ask about.
~ John Ashbery
source of his thaumaturgical powers. A gracious host as well, he cherishes his Guests and makes them eternally welcome.
~ John DeChancie
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so much art, surface, play of colors, graciousness that his sight no longer makes one suffer.---
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
You're my guest, and hosts generally do feed their guests, you know." Her natural ebullience returning, she flashed him an impish smile. "Even when their guests have landed them in a most delicate predicament?" "Especially then. Well-fed guests make less trouble.
~ Sabrina Jeffries
He was so rapt in his thoughts that he did not hear anything much that Guido was saying, that lovely bubbling speech of Guido's when he was at last content. Tonio allowed it to pass over him, and now and then he would give a little gracious nod.
~ Anne Rice
Because if you're going to do someone a favor, her father used to tell her, you might as well do it graciously.
~ Anne Tyler
You may," I said magnanimously, "invite me over whenever you care to have wine.
~ Sharon Lee
Burton began that evening gracious, charming, and sober. Liv and I watched in fascination and horror, exchanging eye-rolling glances, as too much drink gradually turned that splendid man into a boorish, self-loathing sot.
~ John Lithgow
Duta Besar, betapa senangnya bertemu dengan Anda! Para pelarian? Upeti? Semuanya dalam kondisi baik. Kita akan berbincang setelah makan malam. Mari kami tunjukkan ruangan Anda. Ya, karpetnya dan sutranya bagus, bukan?ini yang terbaik. Segelas anggur, mungkin? Anda suka gelasnya? Ini semua milik Anda. Oh, dan setelah makan malam, para gadis menari. Anda sudah melakukan perjalanan panjang. Gadis-gadis ini khusus dipilihkan untuk mengembalikan semangat para pejuang besar seperti Anda.
~ John Man
When you have a lot of talent, you don't necessarily have to be gracious and consider everyone.
~ Tyler Winklevoss
I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.
~ Andrew Zimmern