Richard Whately Quotes

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

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.

Manners are really very important to me.

Good manners don't cost nothing.

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

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

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

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.'

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.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

All doors open to courtesy.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

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

Civility is not simply about manners.

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?

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.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

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

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous.