Quotes on manners
Learn young about hard work and manners - and you'll be through the whole dirty mess and nicely dead again before you know it.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.
Post, Emily
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
Pavese, Cesare
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
Lucas, E.V.
Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.
Brillstein, Bernie
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.
Unknown, Author
Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it."
McLaughlin, Mignon
A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.
Halifax, Lord
Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing is nice, it will be immediately evident.
O'Rourke, P.J.
Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.
Unknown, Author
Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat.
McLaughlin, Mignon
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.
Unknown, Author