Quotes About Courtesy

The guards had asked the Doctor to please wait in the hallway until Mr McCavity had time to see him. So it seemed only polite, the Doctor thought, to wait until they had gone before he wandered off to explore the house.

The least amount of courtesy you should extend to someone is acknowledgement that they exist.

Lesson one, introduce yourself to everyone when you walk into a room. Don't act like you're too bougie to say, 'Hello.'

There's a big etiquette thing with wrestling, but every day you come in, you shake everybody's hand, you introduce yourself, you say hello.

The custom of going to a party only when we have been invited is a necessary, attractive, decent way for a party to evolve.

It is not respectful to dance with people you don't know when invited to someone else's home.

Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there's going to be a problem.

I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.

Don't make jokes about food.

I don't appreciate people taking shots and joking at my expense, when I don't do that to anybody else.

One of the tenets of civility is the willingness to be publicly courteous with those with whom we disagree or dislike when inescapably we find ourselves in their company.

Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated.

Joe Hardy to Frank Hardy: "Age before beauty

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

Sense people's needs before they ask (initiative). Help each other out (teamwork). Acknowledge people's feelings (empathy). Respect the dignity and privacy of everyone (courtesy). Explain what's happening (communication). In the passing years tens of thousands of patient-satisfaction surveys from a score of research companies have validated these five behaviors as having the highest correlation with overall satisfaction and loyalty.

Imagine what our real neighbors would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. There have been so many stories about the lack of courtesy, the impatience of today's world, road rage and even restaurant rage. Sometimes, all it takes is one kind word to nourish another person. Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many.

Shukran, sayidi, shukran.

Respect is not just about being polite, it's about having empathy and understanding for others.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

Vin aceptó la mano, tratando con toda la gracia posible de sacar del carruaje la falda de encajes de su vestido. Mientras descendía con cuidado, tratando de no tropezar, agradeció la mano firme del criado y finalmente se dio cuenta de por qué se esperaba de los hombres que ayudaran a las mujeres a salir de los carruajes. No era una costumbre tonta después de todo: lo tonto era la ropa.

It wouldn't be polite for me to interrupt," Notum said. "Please continue your insane rant.

If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.

I am mindful of other people's time.