Thomas Huxley Quotes

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

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

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.

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

I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.

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.

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

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.

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win.

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.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.

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

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'

I am at heart a gentleman.

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

It is more pleasant to remember others than to be remembered.

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?

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

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

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

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