Quotes About Courtesy

Washhouse is at the back," he said. "Breakfast in ten minutes." She nodded again, uncertain as to how to respond. His tone and manner were not as grim as the previous night.

And when a lady's in the case,You know all other things give place.

Our questions, which began politely, were politely ignored.

It hurteth not the tongue to give fair words.

I'm annoyed by those who love mankind but are discourteous to people.

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize, it's done.

as, Are you engag'd, Madam? – Will you permit me to wait on you home after the Play? – By Heaven, you are a fine Girl!

How convenient, she thought, how freeing to be able to embrace the role of necromancer, trickster, betrayer. How it must release one from the bounds of common courtesy and right behavior. What a romantic series of excuses.

She cast a glance at Sayeh that raked Sayeh like a tiger's claws and sketched a plausible courtesy before Anuraja. It wasn't much of a courtesy.

When all else failed, her grandmother Mary would have said, good manners never deserted one.

Creativity is no excuse for obnoxious behavior

Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.

Don't tell your friends about your indigestions: "How are you!" is a greeting, not a question.

But I remembered that it wouldn't be polite.

If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first.

Therefore flee the company of childish people. Greet them, when you meet, with smiles That keep on terms of common courtesy, Without inviting intimate relations.

I try never to speak until people have finished with the weather reports.

Whatever good deeds have been done by me, those the people accept and those they follow. Therefore they have progressed and will continue to progress by being respectful to mother and father, respectful to elders, by courtesy to the aged and proper behavior towards Brahmans and ascetics, towards the poor and distressed, and even towards servants and employees.

In order to be polite, it is necessary to have something to give. Politeness is the art of doing to others the honours of the advantages we possess, whether of our minds, our riches, our rank, our standing, or any other source of enjoyment. To be polite, is to know how to offer and to accept with grace; but when a person has nothing certain of his own, he cannot give any thing.

A tree is known by its fruit. A man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Road sense is the offspring of courtesy and the parent of safety.

You know how you hate to be interrupted, so why are you always doing it to me.

No use to preach to the working-man courtesy & politeness when at the same time the working-man is not given working conditions under which he can stay polite and soft-mannered.