Usain Bolt Quotes

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.

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.

Everybody says 'Good Morning' in Harlem because it's true! And that's lovely.

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

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.

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

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

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

I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.

You get on an elevator with someone, you say hi to them, you speak to them. You give respect. That's just how I've always been.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

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.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

My family trained me to be polite to people I had just met, and that included strangers. You speak when you're spoken to. You look people in the eye when they address you and when you address them back.

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

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

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.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.