Being Polite Quotes

A lot of our lives are about being polite.

You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.

Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.

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

It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

I do have traditional values: I believe in being a good person and being polite.

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.

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

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.

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.

These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.'

I’m not interested in being polite. It’s false.

Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find that when you're down, nobody has a bloody minute for you. If I was a nobody, you wouldn't even talk to me. People, in general, don't like you being upfront and civil. They hate you for it. They label you a cynic 'cos you're reasonable.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

Say thank you. Say it often, and say it with meaning.