Quotes About Manners

In those days, men proved their strength and manliness by being well mannered, helpful, and gentle. Just how gentle they could be under trying circumstances, how civilised they could be in a harsh world, that was the measure of a man.

Not to attend at the door of the wealthy, and not to use the voice of petition?these constitute the best life of a man.

A gentleman is not for his gender, A gentleman known by his good jester

Nothing is more becoming a man than silence. It is not the preaching but the practice which ought to be considered as the more important. A profusion of words is sure to lead to error.

Well I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman every day All the manners that I've been taught have slowly died away But if I held the door open for you It wouldn't make your day.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

He had shrewd, on the spot judgement about human nature. Good sense with good manners and the practice of contentment made up in his view a large part of wisdom.

When friends are at your hearthside met, Sweet courtesy has done its most If you have made each guest forget That he himself is not the host.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.

Crashing could not be more inconsiderate to a host. It is a negative act because hosts likely have a particular plan for the event, an intention to move guests' attitudes in a certain direction.

Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.

Nothing gets on other people's nerves at the office more than a whistler. And the sad part is, these whistlers don't know they're doing it. Someone should, tactfully, tell the whistler how much it disrupts the office environment.

It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

I always say it's much nicer to win by shaking a man's hand rather than slapping him in the face.

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

There's no excuse for rudeness.

Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'

But I was also told to hold doors for women and children, to shake hands with a firm grip, to remember people's names, and to always give the customer a little more than expected.

Annie, meanwhile, was still trying to twist her mouth into a polite smile. It would take her five minutes to complete the smile, and probably another twenty-four hours to produce an accompanying snappy verbal response.

Don't eat cheese before talking to cows