Words matter. These are the best Courteous Quotes from famous people such as Charles M. Schwab, Susanna Kearsley, Douglas Booth, Abbott L. Lowell, Peter Jennings, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind.
As a former waitress myself, I know firsthand how a simple smile from someone can improve your day and how a single harsh word can destroy it. Being courteous and thoughtful costs you nothing and can sometimes pay you dividends in unexpected ways.
‘GQ,’ you’ve been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous.
You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.
Always have a sense of humor about life – you’ll need it – but always be courteous to boot.
Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous – not just to some people in some circumstances – but to everyone all the time.
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.
One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others’ feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others’ weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all – to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high.
Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
I used to quite like the idea of zooming in and out of traffic quite quickly, but when you get a decent car and kids in the back, you become more courteous.
One of the reasons I love the law is because I was raised in family – my grandfather was a lawyer, but more importantly, my grandmother was his secretary. And she taught me that lawyers were some of the most civil, most courteous – and in those days, most courtly – people that she knew.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
Men don’t know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a woman so she doesn’t have to slide across the seat. And you should always go first into a revolving door so she doesn’t have to push – unless it’s moving, then let her go first.
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.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.
I have so many strong opinions on the entertainment industry, but if I’m in a deli somewhere, and someone says they love that Adam Sandler movie where he dresses up as his twin sister – well, I don’t want to make people feel bad for how they feel about things. I’m always courteous, not mean.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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.
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Nothing is gained by not being kind and 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.
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.
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.
From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.
Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination. For the benefit of a minority, it is courteous to serve chilled fruit juice in addition to cocktails made with liquor.
The tactics we were able to use in the 1960s, 1970s – let’s have a campaign, mobilize everybody and, therefore, social pressure – stop littering, or stop spitting, or be courteous to one another: I am not sure that kind of approach will work anymore.
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.
