Manners Quotes
A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul.
Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.
Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.
I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.
Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you're never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen.
Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.
I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.
I hate the countrie's dirt and manners, yet I love the silence; I embrace the wit; A courtship, flowing here in full tide. But loathe the expense, the vanity and pride. No place each way is happy.
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your reality.
You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.
As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette?
To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.
It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth
Elegance is like manners. You can’t be polite only on Wednesday or Thursday. If you are elegant, you should be every day of the week. If you are not, then it’s another matter.
More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.
Snobs look down on people, and I look down on everyone. Not in a snooty, classist way - I mean because I'm better than everyone. I don't give a s**t about good manners.
I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn manners and respect.
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.
Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations.
