Quotes about Courtesy
Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
You can tell a lot about a man by watching how he treats those he doesn't have to be nice to.
— Richard Paul Evans
Men are respectable only as they respect.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
— James Dobson
If you really want a true confrontation, you treat your opponent with respect.
— Henry Rollins
One of the things I was taught as a child, and which I taught my children also, is never to go to anyone's house without bringing something — never visit anyone without bringing them a gift.
— Deepak Chopra
Respect is not a feeling. It is how we treat another person.
— Peter Scazzero
Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a proverb that "courtesy costs nothing"; but calculation might come to value love for its profit. Love is fabled to be blind, but kindness is necessary to perception; love is not a hood, but an eye-water.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We need grace in our lives, and I'm not talking about heavenly grace. I'm talking about human grace. We should try and be warm and friendly.
— Letitia Baldrige
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson