Quotes on Being Polite

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.