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Courtesy Quotes

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The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.
Mas Oyama

The path of Martial Arts is a journey that starts and finishes with civility. Thus, always show genuine politeness in all situations.
Authors on Courtesy Quotes: William Shakespeare Marcus Tullius Cicero Gichin Funakoshi Philip Sidney Alexander Pope Alfred Lord Tennyson Ralph Waldo Emerson Mas Oyama Lewis Carroll Samuel Johnson Benjamin Franklin James R. Clapper Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. William Cowper Hilaire Belloc Elizabeth Bowen Georges Duhamel Rush Limbaugh Ali ibn Abi Talib John Wanamaker Jean Cocteau Baltasar Gracian Thomas S. Monson Lord Chesterfield Doug Melvin Henry Newbolt Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Saint Basil Homer Emily Dickinson Madame de Stael Yasmina Reza Joseph B. Wirthlin
2.
Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
Ali ibn Abi Talib

Graciousness requires nothing, yet acquires all.
3.
Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei.
Gichin Funakoshi

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Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
Margaret Chase Smith

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Though I be but prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy.
William Shakespeare

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They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love.
Saint Basil

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Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy.
Baruch Spinoza

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Remember that you must always have a deep regard for courtesy, and you must be respectful and obedient toward your seniors.
Gichin Funakoshi

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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
E. V. Lucas

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A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many such men as I can.
Mas Oyama

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The greater the man the greater the courtesy.
Alfred the Great

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The greater man the greater courtesy.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

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The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.
Fannie Flagg

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Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop.
Lewis Carroll

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If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.
Piero Ferrucci

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Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.
Emily Post

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No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
Bryant H. McGill

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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Madame de Stael

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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
Mahatma Gandhi

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There are no hard and fast rules. Sometimes you work for free and get no credit or courtesy. That's why you make sure you do what you love.
Lalah Hathaway

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Karate begins and ends with courtesy.
Gichin Funakoshi

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The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.
William Shakespeare

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Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy
Owen Feltham

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The grace of God is courtesy.
Hilaire Belloc

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Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!
Coventry Patmore

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Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature.
Henri Rousseau

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Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.
Jeffrey R. Holland

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Never say an unkind word to anyone.
Doug Melvin

30.
Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.
J. K. Rowling

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All doors open to courtesy.
Thomas Fuller

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

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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
Jean Cocteau

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I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.
William Penn

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ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.
Laozi

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The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.
William Shakespeare

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Nordstrom believes that great service begins with showing courtesy to everyone-customers, employees, and vendors.
Robert Spector

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Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.
John Milton

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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
Lillian Hellman

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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
Christian Nestell Bovee

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The greater person is one of courtesy.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Ill seemes (sayd he) if he so valiant be, That he should be so sterne to stranger wight; For seldom yet did living creature see That courtesie and manhood ever disagree.
Edmund Spenser

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The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.
Gustav Stresemann

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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
Philip Massinger

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Ceremony is necessary in Courts, as the outwork and defense of manners.
Lord Chesterfield

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Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.
Benjamin Franklin

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Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.
Lewis Carroll

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Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy.
Alveda King