Quotes About Manners

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

He who fails to please in his salutation and address is at once rejected, and never obtains an opportunity of showing his latest excellences or essential qualities.

That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

Pretending that you're very busy talking over phone when you see someone you want to avoid or don't want to talk to.

Class is knowing what to say, when it should be said and knowing when you should stop.

Fake coughing in front of smokers just to make them feel guilty!

The most important thing about being humble is to remember not to show off your humbleness. That defeats the purpose.

Humble people don't jump to offer their opinions or share their experiences unless they are asked. It's quite interesting to notice that people with much lesser experience to share will tend to offer their opinion over-enthusiastically, as if to say, Listen to me, I'm an expert in this.

Feeling rejected after someone reads your message on facebook and doesnt have the manners to reply?!

If I don't answer my phone the first time you call, calling 5 more times isn't going to make me answer.

Use magic words like Thank you, I'm sorry, please, with all we interact, these words have a healing effect

Treat everyone with politeness even those who are very rude to you, not because they are nice, but because you are

There is no use of trying to be kind to those who are always rude to you.

Always tell the truth, use kind words, keep your promises, giggle and laugh, be positive, love one another, always be grateful, forgiveness is mandatory, try new things, say please and thank you, say your prayers, and smile.

I would like to say I am sick people being cranky or rude and trying to pass it off as intelligent. Not the same.

Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant.

Being nice to someone you have an issue with doesn't mean you are fake...it means someone taught you how to be polite.

If they respect you, respect them. If they disrespect you, still respect them. Do not allow the actions of others to decrease your good manners, because you represent yourself, not others.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.

Who receives, should thank; who gives, should be silent.

The difference between Sorry and Thank you. You can say thank you to anyone at anytime you want. It doesn't make any difference to your life. Even it makes the other person feel better about you. But You can't say sorry to anyone, You have to be be sorry only when you felt so. Be sorry, only when you have done anything wrong or sometimes we can also say sorry to make someone feel special but that's a very rare case. We don't have to bow or feel low in front of anyone.

It is law that guests must be fed before the host's curiosity.

He was unfailingly polite, offering food and wine, a bedroll, but he did not linger. What did I expect? I had loosed my wrath on him as if I were my father. One more thing that I had ruined.