Quotes about Courtesy

Straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

Tzu-chang asked Master K'ung about Goodness. Master K'ung said, He who could put the Five into practice everywhere under Heaven would be Good. Tzu-chang begged to hear what these were. The Master said, Courtesy, breadth, good faith, diligence, and clemency.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Treat people with dignity and respect.

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

How can a man know he is one when his highest aim is minding his manners?

Certainly a liberal education does manifest itself in a courtesy, propriety, and polish of word and action, which is beautiful in itself, and acceptable to others; but it does much more.

Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.