Courtesy Quotes

All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
The greater man, the greater courtesy. View quote
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness. View quote
Lafcadio Hearn
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
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. View quote
Evelyn Waugh
Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy. View quote
Hilaire Belloc
It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it. View quote
W. C. Fields
Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I first visited Kurdistan in 2003. I arrived in the town of Sulaimaniyah, courtesy of smugglers who drove me across the border from Iran. Sulaimaniyah was a small, charming provincial Kurdish town. (Luke Harding)
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. View quote
Bryant H. McGill
Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. View quote
Kent McCord
All doors open to courtesy. View quote
Thomas Fuller
I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it more truly a matter of honor today than ever before to be open to all minds ... This is different from the individual sciences which increasingly [interpose] between the treasure of their discoveries and the curiosity of the profane the tremendous dragon of their closed terminology. View quote
José Ortega y Gasset
Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression. The laws are made by men who have little interest in him; they are executed by men who have absolutely no motive for treating the black people with courtesy and consideration; and, finally, the accused law-breaker is tried, not by his peers, but too often by men who would rather punish ten innocent Negroes than let one guilty one escape. View quote
W. E. B. Du Bois
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayst manage to guide an elephant with a hair. View quote
Saadi
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. View quote
Xun Zi
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. View quote
George Santayana
Satanism advocates practicing a modified form of the Golden Rule. Our interpretation of this rule is: "Do unto others as they do unto you"; because if you "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," and they, in turn, treat you badly, it goes against human nature to continue to treat them with consideration. You should do unto others as you would have them do unto you, but if your courtesy is not returned, they should be treated with the wrath they deserve. View quote
Anton LaVey
Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don't have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality, ‘'does'' have entrepreneurs. Thousands and thousands of them. Especially in the field of technology. And these entrepreneurs-"we" entrepreneurs-have set up all these outsourcing companies that virtually run America now. (Aravind Adiga)
High-erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy. View quote
Philip Sidney
The grace of God is courtesy. View quote
Hilaire Belloc
A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants to display the trophies of his youth, along with his trout flies. View quote
John Cheever
Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong. View quote
Henry Newbolt