Unfortunately, we live in a world where
common courtesy is all too uncommon. But you can reverse this trend by taking
these quotations to heart.
On the Importance of
Courtesy
"Kindness is a golden chain by which
society is bound together."
Goethe
"Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten."
Ben Franklin
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
Eric Hoffer
"The only gift is a portion of thyself."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Good manners are nothing more than the practical application of the Golden
Rule."
Loretta Young
"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of
friendship."
Colette
About Courtesy
"Consideration for others is the basis for a
good life and a good society."
Confucius
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who
can do nothing for them or to them."
Malcolm Forbes
"Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward
harmony of the soul."
William Hazlitt
"Always be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet the same people
on the way down."
Wilson Mizner
"Say and do what you mean, but never say and do it meanly."
Harvey Mackay
This page was written and
compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.
