Politeness Quotes
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
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In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.
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True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It promotes both beauty in the man who possesses it, and happiness in those who are about him. It is a religious duty, and should be a part of religious training.
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The only true source of politeness is consideration.
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Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one's wit.
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Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
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I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.
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What is politeness in the home but the outcome of affection and self-respect, and the suppression of all those natural instincts of self-seeking that, allowed their way, produce the worst manners in the world?
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When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent.
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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Kindly politeness is the slow fruit of advanced reflection; it is a sort of humanity and kindliness applied to small acts and every day discourse: it bids man soften towards others, and forget himself for the sake of others: it constrains genuine nature, which is selfish and gross.
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The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.
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There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable.
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Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, Emily usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said.
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Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.
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Politeness is a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.
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Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it.
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Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession.
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Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear.
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Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
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Well, it was evident that in ordinary cases, having tired one’s host, one would go away. But was this quite an ordinary case? She couldn’t think so. She couldn’t help remembering, though it was a thing she never thought of, that she had made way without difficulty for Stephen to come and live in this very house, giving him everything—why, with both hands giving him everything—and she couldn’t help feeling that to be allowed to stay in it for a few days, or even weeks, wasn’t so very much to want of him. Not that he didn’t allow her to stay in it; he was still assiduous in all politenesses, opening doors, and lighting candles, and so on. It was only that she knew he was tired of her; tired to the point of no longer being able to speak when she was there.
