Politeness Quotes

Politeness Quote of the day

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying.

Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength.

In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little bit of extra politeness.

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.

True power and true politeness are above vanity.

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

Curious how Love destroys every vestige of that politeness which the human race, in its years of evolution, has so painfully acquired.

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.

Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.

Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

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.

Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness.

There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER.

Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession.

There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable.

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.

Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Piety is a discipline of the will through respect. It admits the right to exist of things larger than the ego, of things different from the ego.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.

Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging