Rufus Sewell Quotes

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.

A man lets you know who he is by how he treats others.

Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous.

I hope that all the people who work with me remember me as a human being.

I would actually say to all the parents to tell their children to start respecting people. And, automatically when you start respecting people, it will give rise to give and take. Respect starts in your own house.

I think people need to be treated with respect, and that's what we've demanded from everyone.

It's so important to just be nice to everyone and be respectful.

I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all.

Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.

People just deserve to be treated with kindness.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

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.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don't step on other people's toes and infringe on their freedom.

Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.

I was taught very early on how you treat people is actually what matters.

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

When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they're pregnant.

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

I am at heart a gentleman.