Courtesy Quotes

16 quotations about Courtesy
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
Francis Bacon · Courtesy
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
St. Basil · Courtesy
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
Christian Nevell Bovee · Courtesy
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette · Courtesy
Life is short, but there is always time for courtesy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Courtesy
Courtesy Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Courtesy
All doors open to courtesy.
Thomas Fuller · Courtesy
Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.
Edwin H. Land · Courtesy
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Courtesy
There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
E. V. Lucas · Courtesy
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.
Proverb · Courtesy
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
Jean Paul Richter · Courtesy
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Abel Stevens · Courtesy
Courtesy should be a continuous action, not something to be turned on and off like a faucet.
Source Unknown · Courtesy
The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men.
Source Unknown · Courtesy
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
Voltaire · Courtesy

Authors on Courtesy

Francis Bacon St. Basil Christian Nevell Bovee Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Ralph Waldo Emerson Thomas Fuller Edwin H. Land Henry Wadsworth Longfellow E. V. Lucas Proverb Jean Paul Richter Abel Stevens Source Unknown Voltaire