Top Courtesy Quotes

All men would be cowards if they durst.

If somebody honks a horn in Cleveland, they're saying 'Hi.' It's so rare to be honked at in anger. When we have merging traffic, we just interweave. There's real 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.

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...

My dear, a little smile, a little courtesy, a little kindness is what beauty entails. Some are not roses, some are oranges.

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

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

Things we carry from home shows where we hail from ~ courtesy, respect, and gratitude

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.

Not only the footwear, wear also the courtesy, respect, and gratitude in your heart while stepping out of home.

With your lunch box, do not forget to carry courtesy, respect, and gratitude from home!

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal will be only a miserly beggar; for the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it, but by...

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

[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...

You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect.