Civility Quotes

Civility Quote of the day

You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

Civility is not a sign of weakness.

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect.

Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

If one wants to be called a queen, one should act with civility and grace.

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.

A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What I am doing is none of your business.'

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace.

Civility is the art and act of caring for others.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.

Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.

I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.

And I do not want anymore to be useful, to be docile, to lead / children out of the fields into the text / of civility, to teach them that they are (they are not) better than the grass.

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

Civility is only a passenger - not a driver - on the information superhighway.

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.

It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.

People who expect deference resent mere civility.

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.

Fair words cost nothing.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.

Some people don’t respond to civility.

I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens.

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

. . . it seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes it.

The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.

Civility is a charm that attracts the love of all men.

We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.