Graciousness Quotes
A man who called everyone a damn fool is like a man who damns the weather. He only shows that he is not adapted to his environment, not that the environment is wrong.
As a dinner guest I gratefully eat just about anything that's set before me, because graciousness among friends is dearer to me than any other agenda.
If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in.
Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. – Hubert Humphrey
We see a first generation going through adolescence knowing their every misstep, all the awkward gestures of their youth, are being frozen in a computer's memory.
If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.
Soft power is quiet persistence.
He may have confused honor with with with ruthlessness.
When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training.
He did something he rarely did. He decided not to see things from the other guy's point of view.
We need to forgive the adolescent versions of ourselves, if only because we need the practice to forgive those who are maturing awkwardly in our lives.
We are enjoined whenever we behold the gifts of God in others so to reverence and respect the gifts as also to honor those in whom they reside.
She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude.