Quotes about courtesy

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

— Francis Bacon

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

— St. Basil

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

— Christian Nevell Bovee

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

— Henry Clay

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is short, but there is always time for courtesy.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courtesy Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

All doors open to courtesy.

— Thomas Fuller

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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

— Baltasar Gracian

Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.

— Edwin H. Land

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

— E. V. Lucas

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

— Alexander Pope

To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.

— Proverb

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

— Jean Paul Richter

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

— Abel Stevens

Courtesy should be a continuous action, not something to be turned on and off like a faucet.

— Source Unknown

The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men.

— Source Unknown

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

— Voltaire

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous -- not just to some people in some circumstances -- but to everyone all the time.

— Thomas J. Watson

His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.

— Evelyn Waugh

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures; costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and ;him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.

— Erastus Wiman

Complement your life with beautiful smiles. It looks very becoming on you.

— BPBEE

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

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette