Jim Leach Quotes

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Manners are really very important to me.

Civility is a choice.

All doors open to courtesy.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

I'm not disrespectful, I try to be polite.

I'm a very respectful person.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

There's no excuse for rudeness.

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

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.