Quotes About Courtesy

If you've ever felt a flash of distaste when a salesperson called you by first name without being invited to do so, or if you felt a pang of awkwardness when an older person you have long revered asked you to call him by first name, then you have experienced the activation of some of the modules that comprise the Authority/subversion foundation.

If you'd blush saying something in person, don't write it.

Pardon me, Highness, a women waits whithout." "Whithout what?

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.

Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

My family brought me up to be very respectful of people.

I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.

La liberté ne dispense pas du tact.

Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.

I always respect a woman.

A la gente le gustaba ser escuchada con reverencia

We are trespassing on your hospitality

You earn the right to expect recognition by giving it! It's that simple.

Wichtigtuer sind zwar zu gut erzogen, um mit vollem Mund zu sprechen. Aber sie haben keine Bedenken, es mit leerem Kopf zu tun.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the eighteenth-century letter writer and biographer wrote: "Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Recently at a party I saw a man rise from his seat each time a woman entered the room. I smiled my encouragement: "You were well brought up," I said. "No," he replied, "I learned by myself.

Each country has its own manner of telephoning. The Russians, at least, are honest. They say, "It is Ivan Ivanovich who is bothering you." The