Quotes About Courtesy

Any man can be kind when he is comfortable. I'd always thought kindness a trivial virtue, therefore. But when we were hungry, thirsty, sick, frightened, with our deaths shouting at us, in the heart of horror, you were still as unfailingly courteous as a gentleman at his ease before his own hearth." "Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice—if not whether, then how, they may endure.

Your language, dear, Victoria reproved gently. A lady never curses in public. There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. Keiley paused. With a two-by-four? she asked. Victoria's lips pursed a smile tugged at her lips. Only as a last resort, she murmured humorously. And never in public.

When affection fell on its ass, politeness could step up.

A lady should be allowed to choose her comp'ny, an' should be treated like a lady until she shows she prefers different.

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.

Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.

No, winking isn't ladylike.

El cariño en las miradas, en las palabras y en las obras, es la mejor cortesía, y a ella se llega tratando a los demás como nosotros quisiéramos ser tratados

Kindness in looks and words and ways is true politeness, and any one can have it if they only try to treat other people as they like to be treated themselves.

No etiquette yet defined civilized behavior between the parties.

Many employees said he never lost his temper, raised his voice, uttered a profane or slang word, or acted discourteously.

Abraham's first teacher24 in Indiana was Andrew Crawford. In addition to teaching spelling and grammar, he instructed the children in courtesy and manners, including the art of introducing and receiving guests. A student would leave the schoolhouse, and as he or she reentered another student would introduce the guest to all the children in the room.

ramp, it's one of the social graces.

Never sleep with a lady only once, especially in the case of an older lady. -'Rhett

The sin is mine and the punishment is mine. I made believe to myself for now I see it was but make-belief—that thou wast sent to me to aid in the Search. So my heart went out to thee for thy charity and thy courtesy and the wisdom of thy little years.

Never ask a man his opinion of a woman's dress when he is desperately and abjectly in love with the wearer.

A brave heart and a courteous tongue, said he. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.

To discuss medicine before the ignorant is of one piece with teaching the peacock to sing,' said the hakim. 'True courtesy,' Kim echoed, 'is very often inattention.

remember that even if you intend to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

The manager of the enterprise, a foxy-nose with a serried gray marcel that mounted like a linotype keyboard, was the soul of courtesy.

For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.

Good manners are a sign of strength.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

When you want to obtain something touching a man's self-respect, you must spare his pride even the appearance of suffering.