Quotes About Manners

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.

Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

Teaching creativity to your child isn't like teaching good manners. No one can paint a masterpiece by bowing to another person's precepts about elbows on the table.

There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves.

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

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.

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the sole method of government and therefore the sole standard of manners.

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.

Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.

Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.

Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.

As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

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.

I hope somewhere along the way, I've inspired someone to do something. ... And I hope they say that I was nice and polite.

Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce "boum.

My only hope was to be polite.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.