Quotes about Courtesy
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
— St. Basil
Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
As the streets that lead from the Strand to the Embankment are very narrow, it is better not to walk down them arm-in-arm.
— Virginia Woolf
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.
— St. Basil
Etiquette is the stuff you gotta do just 'cause that's how everyone else does it. Like holding your fork in your left hand, or saying 'Bless you' if someone sneezes. Manners is treating people with respect.
— Tana French
when you start displaying courtesy, politeness, and consideration, people start displaying them right back.
— John Wooden
Respect is not a feeling. It is how we treat another person.
— Peter Scazzero
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
— James Dobson
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
— Genesis 23:7
When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.
— Acts 18:20
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
— Mark Twain
But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
— Luke 14:10