courtesy quotes

If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

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

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?