(109 quotes found)
“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon -- the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.”
Lord Byron
“Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.”
John Wanamaker
“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy”
Jacques Maritain
“I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.”
William Penn
“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 Sr.
“Courtesy on one side can never last long”
Proverb
“An excess of courtesy is discourtesy”
Japanese Proverb
“There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our minds. And mercy, and identity.”
Maya Angelou
“Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.”
Lewis Carroll
