Quotes About Courtesy

Saying of the Prophet Humility Humility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety.

The lesson was clear: Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect.

Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you." [ Love's Last Shift ]

Straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

Tzu-chang asked Master K'ung about Goodness. Master K'ung said, He who could put the Five into practice everywhere under Heaven would be Good. Tzu-chang begged to hear what these were. The Master said, Courtesy, breadth, good faith, diligence, and clemency.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Etiquette, Seward had once told Jamison, was all that mattered. Ideologies waxed and waned, religions developed and eroded, political parties rose and fell from power. Only courtesy remained one of the few things valued by all civilized men.

I assure you, I am not going to ravage you." He sat back aon his heels. "Not only is it unmanly, and thus un-Scotslike, it's too bloody cold." (Kit MacNeill

She was the kind of shopkeeper who finishes the paragraph she is reading before waiting on the customer.

For example, in Paris, if one desires to buy something, you enter the store and say "Good morning, sir" or "madam," depending on what is appropriate, you wait until you are greeted, you make polite chitchat about the weather or some such, and when the salesperson asks what they can do for you, then and only then do you bring up the vulgar business of the transaction you require.

George and Barbara Bush were never invited to the Reagans' private quarters during the eight years spent in the White House.104

Os pido que me excuseis, señor. No lo he hecho a propósito.

Don't stand in front of the TV when other people are watching it.

If you want to get away from someone, check your watch and say, "Sorry, gotta go!

I myself shall be elsewhere this evening, visiting with the Lady Madigan, Marchess of the Pike—one of the few folk in this city worth the time—and would have invited you with me . . . But no matter.

Respecting every individual is very important. It starts with respecting elders regardless of profession.

Road rage is my vice. Im a cyclist and motorcyclist, and people who dont indicate drive me nuts.

You don't have to apologize for disliking me, only for being discourteous.

What am I going to say to the lady's maid when she sees this?" He considered that for a moment. "Alas?" he suggested.

Do you happen to have a pocket mirror? "I'm afraid not. Why?" "I've made you late, which means by now Lady Berwick has sprouted serpents from her head, and I can't look at her directly.

A true friend doesn't let another friend drool when a man is present.

Do you happen to have a pocket-mirror?" "I'm afraid not. Why?" "I've made you late, which means by now Lady Berwick has sprouted serpents from her head, and I can't look at her directly.

Any food is fair game until it is actually swallowed by someone else.

Fact: I don't know of a single girl who doesn't wish the show-it-all boxer-shorts phenomenon would go away as well. Guys, we just don't want to see your underwear. Truthfully, we believe that there is a direct correlation between how much underwear you show and how much you've got upstairs, if you know what I mean.