Quotation Explorer - 'Courtesy'

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy. - Homer
I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW. - Elbert Hubbard
I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy. - Herman Melville
With your lunch box, do not forget to carry courtesy, respect, and gratitude from home! - Rupali Desai
Things we carry from home shows where we hail from ~ courtesy, respect, and gratitude - Rupali Desai
Not only the footwear, wear also the courtesy, respect, and gratitude in your heart while stepping out of home. - Rupali Desai
The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for courtesy; but just in proportion to their approach the gentleness of most men diminishes. - George MacDonald
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. - Jacques Maritain
'Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others. - Gordon B. Hinckley
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 intimacy! - Israelmore Ayivor
Courtesy, not control, that was His means. Just as He requested the stars to sing and they leapt into bright being, so request was to be their rule over bird and beast, seas and trees, mountains and moons and all the dancing distances between the heavenlies filled with the unending song of Creation. - Geoffrey Wood
I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve. There’d be no lies between us. We’d have time to be together. - CS Pacat
The greater man the greater courtesy. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Courtesy and kindness cultivate confidence with good Netiquette. Doing things right makes you feel good. NetworkEtiquette.net - David Chiles
You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect. - Lawrence Goldstone
The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it. Without the hidden conspiracy of goodwill, society would not endure an hour. - Kenneth Rexroth
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Well, spring sprang. We've had our state of grace and our little gift of sanctioned madness, courtesy of Mother Nature. Thanks, Gaia. Much obliged. I guess it's time to get back to that daily routine of living we like to call normal. - David Assael
Don’t ever stray from yourself, in order to be close to someone that doesn’t have the courtesy to remind you of your worth, or the integrity of a gentleman to walk you home. - Shannon L. Alder
Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything. - Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S
My dear, a little smile, a little courtesy, a little kindness is what beauty entails. Some are not roses, some are oranges. - Adeosun Olamide
Courtesy with them is tariqa and following them is haqiqa. - Imam Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja'far
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