Apollonius of Tyana Quotes

Good manners don't cost nothing.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

All doors open to courtesy.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Let's not confuse traditional behaviours with good manners. The definition of etiquette is gender neutral - it simply means we strive at all times to ensure a person in our company feels at ease.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

Manners are really very important to me.

Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous.

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.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.