Top 1200 Common Courtesy Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

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

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

It is Proust's courtesy to spare the reader the embarrassment of believing himself cleverer than the author.

Authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy.

Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.

Nordstrom believes that great service begins with showing courtesy to everyone-customers, employees, and vendors.

I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

The media is telling you who Donald Trump is and what he's saying and what he's doing, courtesy of anonymous leaks.

Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends.

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they are, or at any rate, without the distortion of prejudice, and reasons from them in accordance with the dictates of sound judgment. And science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth.

But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-' 'Are all very well for common people.

The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.

See ye not, Courtesy is the true Alchemy, turning to gold all it touches and tries?

I'm a practical person. Most fashion people live in the clouds, and they're full of it. I live like a human being - or, I try to - and I have to be intelligent; I have to be practical. I'm a great believer in common sense, and the older I get, I see that common sense is not that common.

That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common nature, and consequently have one common right. No reason can be assigned why one man should exercise any power or preeminence over his fellow-creatures more than another; unless they have voluntarily vested him with it.

Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth.

I think that everyone in Seattle, their daily existence, is enriched by all the charitable giving that is courtesy of Microsoft.

As leader of the House, I seek to do exactly that, treating all members of Parliament with courtesy and respect.

Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.

Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!

I talked on my blog recently about "uncommon sense." Common sense is called "common" because it reflects cultural consensus. It's common sense to get a good job and save for retirement. But I think we all also have an "uncommon sense," an individual voice that tells us what we're meant to do.

We had a large common domain, already added by the several States for the common benefit of all; purchase and war might make large additions to this common domain; hence the power over existing and future territories, with the stipulation to admit new States, was conferred.

For things at a common destination there is a common path. Not always easy to see. But there.

Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

Fresh peach pie can lift a bullying reprobate into apologetic courtesy; I have watched it happen.

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

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

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.

Go get yourself stressed all the time and the common cold becomes more common.

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.

The terminal path may, to distinguish it from internuncial common paths, be called the final common path. The motor nerve to a muscle is a collection of such final common paths.

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.

Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.

God does uncommon things through common people in common places.

Courtesy wins woman all as well. As valor may, but he that closes both is perfect.

God must hate common people, because he made them so common.

A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.

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

We are ourselves the stumbling-blocks in the way of our happiness. Place a common individual - by common, I mean with the common share of stupidity, custom, and discontent - place him in the garden of Eden, and he would not find it out unless he were told, and when told, he would not believe it.

The common willing of a common world is an eminently practical undertaking and not in the least abstract.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.

Common sense is not really so common. The Art of Thinking: Port-Royal Logic

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.