Politeness Quotes

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

Politeness is organized indifference.

That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.