Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Manners are really very important to me.

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

There's no excuse for rudeness.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

All doors open to courtesy.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

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

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

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.

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.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

I don't ever knock anybody; that's bad manners.

Listen, anybody that knows me knows I'm not disrespectful.

I'm not disrespectful, I try to be polite.