Quotes About Manners

All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

Everything is permissible as long as it's done in good taste.

Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners.

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.

Remain dignified, dress well, be good to other people and you'll be fine.

One of the keys to our present definition of good taste is that it is better to be kind than to be 'correct.' There is no situation in which it is smart to be nasty.

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

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 the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others, and to avoid all that gives needless uneasiness.

I always use my clients' products. This is not toady-ism, but elementary good manners.

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

It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners people will like you.

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

Good manners protect the privileged, but leave the unprivileged more vulnerable.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

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

Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank her.

Every man depends on the quantity of sense, wit, or good manners he brings into society for the reception he meets with in it.