Manners Quotes

"Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse."

Jonathan Swift

"Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners."

Laurence Sterne

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others."

Emily Post

"Manners maketh man."

William of Wykeham

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."

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

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“People come up to me sometimes and ask for a picture but don't even say hello.”

“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”

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

"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot."

Clarence Thomas

"Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass."

Aesop

“The basis of good manners is self-reliance.”

“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”

“Manners are the happy ways of doing things.”

“Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet.”

“A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form.”

“Be not angry at table whatever happens, and if you have reason to be so, show it not, but keep a cheerful countenance.”

George Washington

“In family life, we need to use these three words: please, thank you, sorry.”

Pope Francis