Quote: He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Author: St. Basil 329-379, Bishop of Caesarea
Quote: The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. Author: Christian Nevell Bovee 1820-1904, American Author, Lawyer
Quote: Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. Author: Henry Clay 1777-1852, American Statesman, Orator
Quote: It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette 1873-1954, French Author
Quote: Courtesy Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: Life is short, but there is always time for courtesy. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: All doors open to courtesy. Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
Quote: There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
Quote: It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice. Author: Baltasar Gracian 1601-1658, Spanish Philosopher, Writer
Quote: Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration. Author: Edwin H. Land 1909-1991, American Scientist, Inventor of the Polaroid Camera & Co.
Quote: Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1819-1892, American Poet
Quote: There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy. Author: E. V. Lucas 1868-1938, British Journalist, Essayist
Quote: True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. Author: Alexander Pope 1688-1744, British Poet, Critic, Translator
Quote: To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. Author: Proverb
Quote: Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. Author: Jean Paul Richter 1763-1825, German Novelist
Quote: Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts. Author: Abel Stevens
Quote: Courtesy should be a continuous action, not something to be turned on and off like a faucet. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Author: Voltaire 1694-1778, French Historian, Writer
Quote: 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. Author: Thomas J. Watson 18?-1956, American Businessman, Founder of IBM
Quote: His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death. Author: Evelyn Waugh 1903-1966, British Novelist
Quote: Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures; costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and ;him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed. Author: Erastus Wiman