Emily Post Quotes

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Let's not confuse traditional behaviours with good manners. The definition of etiquette is gender neutral - it simply means we strive at all times to ensure a person in our company feels at ease.

I'm a very respectful person.

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

Politeness is the chief sign of culture.

Forget love. Try good manners.

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

Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

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

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

My family brought me up to be very respectful of people.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

Civility is not simply about manners.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country? The answer is simple. We no longer have manners to speak of.

Manners are really very important to me.