Politeness Quotes | Sayings on the Beauty of Politeness

A man’s beauty is in his tongue.
– Prophet Mohammed

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
– Gordon B. Hinckley

Politeness is an inexpensive way of making friends.
– William Feather

Politeness is a sign of dignity, not subservience.
– Theodore Roosevelt

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.
– Tommy Lee Jones

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

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you. Not because they are nice, but because you are.

Don’t use harmful words on people cause you may hurt them but use helpful words on them cause it heal their pains.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
– Dave Barry

Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
– Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Politeness, The most acceptable hypocrisy.
– Ambrose Bierce

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politeness is organized indifference.
– Paul ValĂ©ry

Politeness costs little and yields much.

No one has ever been offended by someone with good manners and courteous behavior.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.
– William Gilmore Simms

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.
– Vladimir Putin

Politeness is the flower of humanity.
– Joseph Joubert

Always be nice to people, whether you love them or hate them and earn your respect.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.
– Mary Wilson Little

You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.
– Ricky Gervais

Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts.
– Abel Stevens

Politeness is the chief sign of culture.
– Baltasar Gracian

Our pride will lead us to perish, but our politeness keeps us alive.
– Sipho P Nkosi

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
– Bryant McGill

Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
– Baltasar Gracian

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.
– Sydney Smith

Politeness is a wreath of flowers that adorns the world.
– Mme. de Bassanville

If you don’t have something nice to say don’t say it at all.

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.
– Samuel Smiles

Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.
– Henry Wheeler Shaw

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
– Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.
– Oliver Goldsmith

Politeness means kindness.

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.
– Dumas Malone

Fine manners are like personal beauty,-a letter of credit everywhere.
– Cyrus Augustus Bartol

Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things.
– Thomas Babington Macaulay

Politeness heals the heart.

Politeness is to goodness what words are to thoughts.
– Joseph Joubert

There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness, and none more profitable.
– Henry Wheeler Shaw

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.
– Louisa May Alcott

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
– Arthur Schopenhauer

True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.

Modesty is an excellent quality, honey. Don’t lose that.
– Will Fetters

There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Politeness is fictitious benevolence.
– Samuel Johnson

Politeness is practical Christianity.
– Orville Dewey

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.
– Nathaniel Parker Willis

Politeness smooths wrinkles.
– Joseph Joubert

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.
– Samuel Johnson

One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what’s left when you’ve failed at everything else.
– Diane Setterfield

Keep your farts at bay, if you have looseness of bowel.

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