Quotes about Courtesy

A gentleman is man who can disagree without being disagreeable.

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'

If analysis shows that someone's brilliant work fails again and again as soon as cooperation from others is required, it probably indicates a lack of courtesy - that is, a lack of manners.

Nothing, however, can be successfully substituted for pleasing conduct.

Courtesy" and "Service" are the watchwords of merchandising today, and apply to the person who is marketing personal services even more directly than to the employer whom he serves, because, in the final analysis, both the employer and his employees are EMPLOYED BY THE PUBLIC THEY SERVE.

Take time to be Courteous. Courtesy lightens the burdens of toil. Courtesy demands respect. Courtesy is a little brother to Opportunity and follows her around through the hours of the busy day. Courtesy always leads a man higher up.

You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.

To acknowledge the receipt of letters is always proper, to remove doubts of their miscarriage.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude.

Etiquette is the stuff you gotta do just 'cause that's how everyone else does it. Like holding your fork in your left hand, or saying 'Bless you' if someone sneezes. Manners is treating people with respect.