Top Courtesy Quotes

She was so delicate that, while we sat beneath the linden branches, a leaf would fall and drift down and touch her skin, and it would leave a bruise. So as we sat in the afternoon hour, beneath that f...

Though he was her enemy, he treated her with unfailing courtesy.

Courtesy Definition

(n.) Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.

(n.) An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.

(n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.

(n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees.

(v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.

(v. t.) To treat with civility.

Liking me is optional. . .Respecting me is not!

I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

The small courtesies sweeten life the greater ennoble it.

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The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

All men would be cowards if they durst.

He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day. But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

Gratitude comes in a spectrum of colors, but Ingratitude is always black.

Spread your courtesy across the door posts of everyone you know, but reserve your intimacy with the little trustworthy friends who are going where you are going. Get it simply: wide courtesy, narrow i...

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

What if today you gave yourself permission to be outrageously kind? What if you extended as much good will and kindness as you can possibly muster to every person you meet? And what if you did it with...

A moral sensible and well-bred man Will not affront me and no other can.

[He was aware] of the value of the word of praise dropped at exactly the right moment; and he would have thought himself extremely stupid to withhold what cost him so little and was productive of such...

He sat down in his chair by the fire and began to chat, as was his habit before he and his wife parted to dress for dinner. When he was out during the day he often looked forward to these chats, and m...