Top 145 Courteous Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
Perfume is a form of writing, an ink, a choice made in the first person, the dot on the i, a weapon, a courteous gesture, part of the instant, a consequence.
Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.
Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.
You can't live your life trying to please people. You be courteous and you be respectful, but you've got to do things in the way that you want to do them.
I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me.
Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.
Golfers are genuinely courteous in a discourteous world. Show me a guest on The Jerry Springer Show who's a golfer.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
There are people who have an image of me as being rude and inconsiderate. But I'm completely the opposite, because I was raised not to be. I might have been tripping over myself drunk, but I was always courteous.
In New York, I find people so courteous and so generous. Free drinks in bars. Free taxi rides.
Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.
In all your relations to men be great, just, generous, courteous, and kindly. The great are never otherwise.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.
Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.
Be courteous to all, but personal with number of, and allow those couple be perfectly attempted ahead of you provide them with your self-assurance.
Actually, there is no way of making vomiting courteous. You have to do the next best thing, which is to vomit in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing.
A courteous, yet harrowing Grace,
As Guest, that would be gone
Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is courteous.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.
I was told that Federalist Society conventions were intellectually serious, courteous, and open to various points of view, and that has certainly been my experience.
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful argument in favor of the gospel that can be produced.
Camphor Cinema is nothing but an extension of family - courteous, kind, joyous and focused. It is like a close-knit family working hard for a celebration.
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
'GQ,' you've been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous.
Lionel Johnson comes the first to mind,
That loved his learning better than mankind,
Though courteous to the worst; much falling he
Brooded upon sanctity.
For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart.
Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.
Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.
The common people say, that physicians are the class
of people who kill other men in the most polite and
courteous manner.
Vanity bids all her sons be brave, and all her daughters chaste and courteous.
The Devonian and Cornishman will be found by the visitor to be courteous and hospitable. There is no roughness of manner where unspoiled by periodic influx of strangers; he is kindly, tender-hearted, and somewhat suspicious.
What restricts the use of the word 'lady' among the courteous is that it is intended to set a woman apart from ordinary humanity, and in the working world that is not a help, as women have discovered in many bitter ways.
In thy discourse, if thou desire to please;
All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie:
Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease;
Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
Surgery is just stabbing in a courteous environment
Be kind. Be courteous. Love others and be happy. It's that simple.
If you will be cherished when you are old, be courteous while you be young.
A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
I have a couple of basses in my office. And I try to be courteous of my co-workers, but sometimes I get carried away and I crank up my amp and I rock out. It's kind of my stress reliever.
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
Something happens inside of us when we are courteous and deferential toward others. It is all part of a refining process, which if persisted in, will change our very natures.
Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.
The courteous driver keeps a safe distance between cars and doesn't drive like one plane trying to refuel another.
If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.
I always enjoy speaking at schools. The questions are usually direct but courteous and designed to elicit an answer rather than to simply impress the friends of whoever is asking them.
It's important to be courteous; it has to be. I was raised very well by my parents, so it's about being polite and courteous.
Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.
I've known a lot of cowboys and a few cowgirls. They're, by and large, some of the smartest, funniest, most courteous, generous, and hardest-working people you'd ever want to know.
We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
I am a believer in trying to treat people properly and trying to respond and making sure that I find the time to be courteous.
