Courtesy Quotes

"There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous."
-Persian Proverb

"Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time."
-Thomas J. Watson, Sr.

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

"Courtesy: Wishes not to be loved, but to be lovely; Not to be benefitted, but to be a benevolence."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak what I'm saying to you right now. That is part of what this country's about."
-Harry Taylor

"Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong."
-Henry Newbolt

"We do it as a courtesy to the coaching staff."
-Bob Hopkins

"Thanks for all the police protection -- courtesy of G-Unit."
-Fat Joe

"Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy."
-Jacques Maritain

"Utmost courtesy and confidentiality."
-Mark Childress

"The greater man the greater courtesy."
-Alfred Lord Tennyson

"There has not been any of that so far, ... All the contenders have been treating each other with respect and courtesy."
-Francis Maude

"I think it's a courtesy, really."
-Mike Bazinet

"They call the overdraft fee a courtesy, which I don't really understand, because I couldn't think of any instance where I would say, 'Pay this amount and then I'll pay you $30,' ."
-Susan Murray

"There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy."
-E. V. Lucas