John Hawley Quotes

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

If I go to your home, and you're cooking me a meal, I will eat whatever you put in front of me.

It's nice when people approach you to help.

November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.

Can there be any other gift in the world greater than the blessings and goodwill of people?

I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things.

Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

As always, I appreciate all the love and support people have sent and continue to send my way.

I live by the code 'Kill them with kindness, blood everywhere;' for me, it's always about being the nicest kind of guy.

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty.

Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities.

I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.

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

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?