Letitia Baldrige Quotes

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

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.

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

Don't keep your good manners to the end another time, but begin with them.

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's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'

I have been known for my courtesy on and off the bench.

My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'

It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

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

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

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

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.