Quotes About Manners

The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.

Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead.

Please. Thank you. Learn it. Love it. Or be disappointed.

My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.

I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect.

The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease.

A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.

Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.

The icy precepts of respect.

There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum.

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

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

Maturity is developed by respecting others and accepting responsibility for violating that respect.

Pleasure involves respect, and respect starts with words.

Always respect your superiors, if you have any.

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.

I have so much respect for people that are my elders. You aren't going to hear me cursing around people that are 60 and 70 years old.

I've grown up and understood how I'm supposed to conduct myself and I respect people as I go along the way.

Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius

I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.