Quotes About Courtesy

Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.

Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badgering to the badgers.

Treat people with dignity and respect.

If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.

While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.

I'm happy to talk to anybody but do it in the right manner.

In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.

Manners are really very important to me.

Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.

When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.

Martial arts is about honor and respect.

He lied about that. He didn't want to annoy you. He's a slitherer-outer, if you know what I mean, Your Majesty.

It was a very powerful politeness.

Politeness. Being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.

Your email greetings should warm readers up—not put them off.

I like old movies on television where a man lights a woman's cigarette. That's all they seemed to do in those old movies, the men and women. I'm normally so totally disregardless. But every time I see an old movie on television, I keep a sharp eye out for a man lighting a woman's cigarette.

We believe in letting our light shine, but not shining it in the eyes of other people.

Finally, in your conduct be friendly toward everyone And a burden to none. Toward God, live a holy life; toward yourself, be moderate; toward your fellow men, be fair; in life, be modest; in your manner, courteous; in admonition, friendly; in forgiveness, willing; in your promises, true; in your speech, wise; and out of a pure heart gladly share of the bounties you receive.38

Bring me a Diet Coke.

When a butler or doorman or usher would enter the room, the Trumans would introduce him to whoever happened to be sitting in the room, even if it were a King or a Prime Minister. They introduced all the staff to their visitors—something I'd never seen the Roosevelts do.

Tower of the Elephant in my third novel, Savage Son: "Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Robert E. Howard from The Tower of the Elephant in my third novel, Savage Son: "Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

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

I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this it just doesn't feel right at my age.