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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. — E. V. Lucas

He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it. — Samuel Johnson

The greater the man the greater the courtesy. — Alfred The Great

The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone. — Brian Tracy

With your lunch box, do not forget to carry courtesy, respect, and gratitude from home! — Rupali Desai

Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy. — Elizabeth Bowen

McMaster University, Courtesy of Kevin Mitchell, — Josh Dean

Love one another, push the perimeter of this glorious language. Lastly, please show proper courtesy; open not your neighbor's mail. — Mark Dunn

Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy. — Baruch Spinoza

Evil communications corrupt good manners. — Charles Dickens

If you can't manage courtesy, try silence. — Jim Butcher

We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy. — William Shawn

Loving your child also means respecting him as a person. Treat him with the same courtesy as would a friend. — Claudia Jones

If you're going to stab a man, at least have the courtesy to look him in the eyes while you do it. -- Dacey Sinnett — Dez Schwartz

Courtesy is the universal social lubricant. — Miranda Davis

Politeness. Obedience. Loyalty. Intelligence. Courtesy. Efficiency. — Arundhati Roy

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

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

How are you, it wasn't a courtesy, it was an existential question. — Gillian Flynn

Things we carry from home shows where we hail from ~ courtesy, respect, and gratitude — Rupali Desai

Monthly, out of common courtesy, he went to inquire after the invalid Charles, who refused either to die or get better. — Winston Graham

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. — Henry Clay

Courtesy is contagious. Let us spread it. — LaNina King

Courtesy and kindness cultivate confidence with good Netiquette. Doing things right makes you feel good. — David Chiles

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose. — Tim Kaine

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. — George Santayana

others is required, it probably indicates a lack of courtesy - that is, a lack of manners. — Peter F. Drucker

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops. — John A. Lejeune

Through courtesy you will take a humble attitude toward your opponent in training & be grateful to him. — Shigeru Egami

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance. — Benjamin Franklin

The movements of the eyes express the perpetual and unconscious courtesy of the parties. — Henry David Thoreau

A man can suffocate on courtesy. — Henry David Thoreau

As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy. — Hilaire Belloc

They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love. — Saint Basil

Courtesy is Love in little things. — Henry Drummond

Respect is more than giving consideration of one's feelings. It is showing common courtesy for another human being. — Tom Baker

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much. — Erastus Wiman

Have the confidence to be who you are, and allow others the courtesy of being who they are, without judgement. — Monica Alexander

He already decided she was marrying him no matter what. Informing her that they were getting married was just a courtesy — R.L. Mathewson

Party animosity was concealed under a veil of studied courtesy. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree? — Andrew Ashling

And the people love a well-mannered killer. — Michael R. Fletcher

Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei. — Gichin Funakoshi

courtesy, it is also currency. It pays to be lovely to people. — Janna Cachola

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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

Home should be a haven of love. Honor, courtesy, and respect symbolize love and characterize the righteous family. — Thomas S. Monson

All doors open to courtesy. — Thomas Fuller

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

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

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

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

Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers. — Robert A. Heinlein

Courtesy seldom costs anything, and the willingness to extend it can be its own subtle declaration of strength. There — David Weber

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. — Jacques Maritain

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let those who follow me continue to build with the plumb of honor, the level of truth, and the square of integrity, education, courtesy and mutuality. — John Wanamaker

A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it. — Ben Jonson

Other Courtesies have been -
Other Courtesy may be -
We commend ourselves to thee
Paragon of Chivalry. — Emily Dickinson

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

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. — William Penn

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Theatrical Trailer (Courtesy of Focus — John Le Carre

Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous. — Laura Fitzgerald

I'm a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity,
Just hope the Big Man show me some courtesy — Nas

Being an innkeeper meant walking a fine line between courtesy and tyranny. — Ilona Andrews

Expecting conceit they found courtesy. Expecting arrogance they found a man concerned with people's thoughts and feelings. — Jackie Collins

True courtesy ... is real kindness kindly expressed. — Julia McNair Wright

I've been listening to a new band called Wolf Alice, courtesy of my son. The vocalist, Ellie Rowsell, has a gorgeous voice. — Lindsay Duncan

Shevraeth himself was there to bid us farewell
a courtesy I could have done without. — Sherwood Smith

To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. — Benjamin Franklin

I like to know where I stand with people, and I figure I owe them the same courtesy. — Tamara Ireland Stone

You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect. — Lawrence Goldstone

Approved valor is made precious by natural courtesy. — Philip Sidney

Courtesy is the due of man to man; not of suit-of-clothes to suit-of-clothes. — Thomas Carlyle

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

He didn't believe in keeping leashes on pussy and expected the same courtesy in return. That was then. This was now. — Em Wolf

Always so very courteous. Lose courtesy, and you lose control; lose control and you lose yourself. — Claire North

In business courtesy and efficiency have a symbiotic relationship. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness. — Louise Penny

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

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Karate begins and ends with courtesy. — Gichin Funakoshi

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

Politeness and courtesy are a small price to pay for the goodwill of others. — John Wooden

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

Never say an unkind word to anyone. — Doug Melvin

I'm overcome by the inexplicable desire to speak to you with common courtesy. — Anthony Marra

There was nothing more offensive than a man blessed with looks where he should have been given courtesy. — C.D. Reiss

The first point of courtesy must always be truth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sex is not merely an entertainment; it is a courtesy and affability. — M.F. Moonzajer

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. — William C. Menninger

Courtesy is the foundation of all good manners. — William Riley Brooksher

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

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned. — Emily Post

Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy. — William Shakespeare

The greater man the greater courtesy. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages. — Baltasar Gracian