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Quotes About Chivalry

Hold the door for an old man. Old ladies can take care of themselves; they've been doing it long enough.
~ Perry Brass
A man who will not die to save a woman is no man.
~ Robert Jordan
Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little mother on earth, should handle all womankind gently, and hold them in all Honor.
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart.
~ Zac Efron
D'Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself? Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he'll be his usual charming self by morning.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl.
~ Marlene Dietrich
My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully.
~ Chris Brown
A chair must be really important as an object, because my mother always told me to offer my chair to a lady
~ Ettore Sottsass
Muslims are peace-loving people generally. Among the young, yes, there are some militant attitudes. But a lot of it arises out of chivalry.
~ Hamza Yusuf
All peace-loving women shut up when they sense they have stepped onto Guy Turf. Guy Turf is a murky realm of ego and pride and chivalry and testosterone and heroism.
~ Jeanne Marie Laskas
Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Wherin they shalle fynde many Ioyous and playsaunt hystoryes / and noble & renomed actes of humanyte / gentylnesse and chyualryes / For herein may be seen noble chyualrye / Curtosye / Humanyte / frendlynesse / hardynesse / loue / frendshyp / Cowardyse / Murdre / hate / vertue / and synne / Doo after the good and leue the euyl / and it shal brynge you to good fame and renommee / And for to passe the tyme thys boook shal be plesaunte to rede in /
~ William Caxton
Knights" had originally been a term for freelance warriors, drawn from the younger or, often, bastard sons of the minor nobility.
~ David Graeber
You know what guys do? They stand up for people.
~ David Lubar
A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky's the limit!
~ Taraji P. Henson
The good guy only gets the girl in a soppy way.
~ James D'arcy
The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.
~ Dan Simmons, Hyperion
The age of Chivalry is gone. An age of Humanity has come.
~ Charles Sumner
I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
Honor is kind of what you get when you weaponize manners
~ Jasper Fforde
In my opinion, kissing a lady's hand is a fine tradition. After all, a man must start somewhere.
~ Lois Greiman, One Hot Mess
Yes, Father. They have the bravest hearts, the noblest souls, and the shiniest armor in all the world.""Shiniest armor?" repeated King Ban.
~ Gerald Morris
The truly noble heart sacrifices itself for others' good, to defend the weak and the good against evil. To a heart like this, a heart devoted to chivalry, courage is a matter of form.
~ J. Aaron Gruben
It wouldn't be very ladylike to punch a guy in the balls, but it isn't very manlike to harass a woman because she has different parts and a sweet face.
~ Caroline George, The Vestige