Courtesy Quotes

May your homes be filled with peace, harmony, courtesy, and love. May they be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.

Through courtesy you will take a humble attitude toward your opponent in training & be grateful to him.

The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the intensity of his obsession from all except those similarly afflicted.

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.

Respect is more than giving consideration of one's feelings. It is showing common courtesy for another human being.

Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature.

I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos.

Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.

Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.

Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

Never say an unkind word to anyone.

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.

To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

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.

All doors open to courtesy.

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.

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.

Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.

Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.

Courtesy is the due of man to man; not of suit-of-clothes to suit-of-clothes.

Let those who follow me continue to build with the plumb of honor, the level of truth, and the square of integrity, education, courtesy and mutuality.

Nordstrom believes that great service begins with showing courtesy to everyone-customers, employees, and vendors.

The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed.

We live in a time of instant everything, courtesy of the electronic highway. It creates a community of toddlers. When they don't get immediate gratification, they get petulant and sulky.

Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

The greater person is one of courtesy.

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.

There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our minds. And mercy, and identity.

The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy; his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure.

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment.

Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.

We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.

A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, and no other can.