Roger Allam Quotes

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.

I try to be kind to people, to treat them with respect. And I'm proud of that.

Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.

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.

When you have a lot of talent, you don't necessarily have to be gracious and consider everyone.

In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

It's nice when people approach you to help.

Kindness is something that I feel is leaving us a little bit - people are getting more self-involved.

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

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.

I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

No one pays me to be nice.

Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'