Quotes About Courtesy

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

I would never jump under a subway car because that would delay all the people behind me. How inconsiderate!

When you've finished using a car, put the f***ing seat back, so humans can use it afterwards.

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.

Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.

They were all kind to their hostess, because it made life easier.

others is required, it probably indicates a lack of courtesy—that is, a lack of manners.

We say, "That's a very interesting idea," when we have no intention of taking the idea seriously.

Yes, the secret commonwealth…You don't hear much talk about that these days. When I was young, there wasn't a single bush, not a single flower nor a stone, that didn't have its own proper spirit. You had to have a mind to your manners around them, to ask for pardon, or for permission, or give thanks….Just to acknowledge that they were there, them spirits, and they had their proper rights to recognition and courtesy.

Grusspflicht.

It's the way you say thank you like you're genuinely thankful. I have never met anyone else who does that on a regular basis.

He can barely stand it when he wastes his own time; for someone else to waste it is unconscionable.

In the meantime: (1) be direct; (2) remember that, being smarter than men, women respond to courtesy and kindness; (3) if you want to know what kind of a wife someone will make, observe her around her father and mother; (4) as to who gets out of the elevator first, I just can't help you.

Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you've come to mow its lawns.

Black female security officer at the Charlotte airport: How you doing, sweetheart? Me: That's so nice of you to call me sweetheart. Her: All right, baby. Keep it safe.

Victor smiled politely in return, the way someone smiles when they're thanked for having done a minor favor in times past. Held open a door in the rain, lent someone a small amount of money, butchered an ex-lover, that sort of thing.

Courtesy seldom costs anything, and the willingness to extend it can be its own subtle declaration of strength. There

Modesty's no credit to anyone-it's just a social grace.

Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest.

protection, and everybody got tuh tip dey hat

While criticising, one must not abuse.

Where I was brought up, if you were walking down the street and you looked at someone and they looked at you, you acknowledged them.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

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