Zig Ziglar Quotes

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.

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

The great people I've met always have time for the niceties.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

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

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

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.

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.

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.

Respect goes a long way when you carry yourself a certain way and show manners when you first meet someone. If you do that, then it's hard for somebody not to like you.

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.

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

Never refuse a breath mint - you don't know why it's being offered.

My momma says whenever you go to somebody's house, you have to give them something. Don't come empty-handed.

I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.

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.

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

I think the most important manner is just general kindness. When you go to big cities, sometimes people forget to just say, "Good morning," or "How are you?"

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.