Top Polite Quotes

It is better to be polite than rude.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Polite Definition

(v.) Smooth; polished.

(v.) Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.

(v.) Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.

(v. t.) To polish; to refine; to render polite.

I listen to all these complaints about rudeness and intemperateness, and the opinion that I come to is that there is no polite way of asking somebody: have you considered the possibility that your ent...

Wait!" she cried, and she yanked away from him and gathered her heels and her ruinedpurse. She slid the shoes on and straightened her shoulders. "I will go as a lady should," she claimed bravely. "In...

Cats don’t have names,” it said.“No?” said Coraline.“No,” said the cat. “Now, you people have names. That’s because you don’t know who you are. We know who we are, so we don’t need names.”There was so...

She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as fi...

You may have something wise to say, but HOW YOU SAY IT may make it unwise! RECREATE it, else you'll REGRET it!

She didn't want to alienate herself from the very wealthy man that was about to offer her a job by declining the polite offer of a drink.

If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride!

Be polite in your speeches. Good information rudely communicated will make no positive difference.

It is unpredictable for you to know which of the strangers you are about to meet that becomes your friend. Be polite to every stranger!

Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend.

He wasn't good with this sort of thing - with the back-and-forth dance between man and woman. He wasn't even sure if they were dancing, or if she was merely being polite.

Display politeness and frankness always both in action and conversation. Don’t keep engaging in useless arguments. It scares your dreams away. Talk sensibly.

Talk to strangers politely. You don’t how many of them will become your close companions.

Manners without sincerity, is called polite society

If you add your hot passion to the cold attitude of another person, it becomes lukewarm. Don’t stand on the toes of dwarfs; stand on the shoulders of giants!

Nothing much bothered you for a while and you kept walking like a silhouette through this town, saying hi’s and goodbyes, acting polite at all times. But there is no fire in your heart; you are not ve...

Who you are when you have no power to say anything, and who you become when you have power to say everything will determine whether you are a leader or not.