Polite Quotes

I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, ‘It’s impolite; remove your glasses.’ I said, ‘Do I ask you to remove your bra?

~ Karl Lagerfeld

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

~ Amit Kalantri

In general, poor is polite and rich is rude.

~ Amit Kalantri

Principles in a poor is admirable as politeness in a prince.

~ Amit Kalantri

You may have good skills and better knowledge, but it is your attitude that will bring people closer to you.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Great people don’t only know what to say, they also know how to say it.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Who you are when you have no power to say anything, and who you become when you have power to say everything will determine whether you are a leader or not.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Seek a man that doesn't ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God's love.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Peace of ManGreet each man with words of loveAnd peace,And a dove will be placedOn an olive tree.Leave a man with feelingsOf betrayalOr envy,And a dove gets shotOff the olive tree.Greet each man with peace,And leave each man with love.Ask yourself -One more enemy,Or one more dove?Always choose love.It's time for everybody toSpeak love.Let's fill the trees with doves,And spread the leaves of love.So,Always addAnd never subtractAnother peace of manFrom the olive tree.

~ Suzy Kassem

If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Nothing much bothered you for a while and you kept walking like a silhouette through this town, saying hi’s and goodbyes, acting polite at all times. But there is no fire in your heart; you are not very concerned.

~ Charlotte Eriksson

If you add your hot passion to the cold attitude of another person, it becomes lukewarm. Don’t stand on the toes of dwarfs; stand on the shoulders of giants!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Killing a cruelty is not a cruelty.

~ Amit Kalantri

Manners without sincerity, is called polite society

~ Josh Stern

Speak so polite with people that your ill wishers become your well wishers.

~ Raaz Ojha

Talk to strangers politely. You don’t how many of them will become your close companions.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Display politeness and frankness always both in action and conversation. Don’t keep engaging in useless arguments. It scares your dreams away. Talk sensibly.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

He wasn't good with this sort of thing - with the back-and-forth dance between man and woman. He wasn't even sure if they were dancing, or if she was merely being polite.

~ Courtney Milan

Your conversations are the beginning of your connections, be careful of your communications. Talk politely to strangers, you have no knowledge about how many of them will become your close friends forever!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

It is unpredictable for you to know which of the strangers you are about to meet that becomes your friend. Be polite to every stranger!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

As a Texan, I say ma'm and sir to my age contemporaries and open doors for anyone that I can. This goes for men, too, though it is appreciated when they beat me to it and disappointing when they don't.

~ Tiffany Madison

Be polite in your speeches. Good information rudely communicated will make no positive difference.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

A rude man tells a women to stop talking too much because she is making noise. A polite man will tell this same woman that she looks so beautiful when her lip are closed. Compare and choose one! Speak politely, but be sure you get to where you are going with your words.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Adversity sure does gives you trouble, but it keeps you humble.

~ Amit Kalantri

You need not to love everyone, but you need to be polite with everyone, people will appreciate your politeness more than your love, because politeness is sweeter than love.

~ Amit Kalantri

An honest man speaks truth, don't expect him to speak sweet.

~ Amit Kalantri

It is better to be polite than rude.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Sometimes you must agree with someones opinion for the sake of being polite and modest, but within you, you know that you are not foolish and crazy.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

~ Oscar Wilde

She didn't want to alienate herself from the very wealthy man that was about to offer her a job by declining the polite offer of a drink.

~ S.a. Tawks

You may have something wise to say, but HOW YOU SAY IT may make it unwise! RECREATE it, else you'll REGRET it!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as firm and sincere as when it first commenced.

~ Jane Austen

Ability does catches my attention, but its a politeness in the person that I remember.

~ Amit Kalantri

Deep in my heart politeness impresses me more than competence.

~ Amit Kalantri

Cats don’t have names,” it said.“No?” said Coraline.“No,” said the cat. “Now, you people have names. That’s because you don’t know who you are. We know who we are, so we don’t need names.”There was something irritatingly self-centered about the cat, Coraline decided. As if it were, in its opinion, the only thing in any world or place that could possibly be of any importance.Half of her wanted to be very rude to it; the other half of her wanted to be polite and deferential. The polite half won.

~ Neil Gaiman

I speak and help some folks only because I believe they may be god in flesh, testing me for politeness.

~ Darnell Lamont Walker

… MOM!” Martha finally screamed. “Mom, you’ve got to see these!”“Is it about Hermione?” She exclaimed, rushing into the middle of the room. Her mouth dropped open in horror when she noticed Hermione’s walls.“I can’t find any… polite… photos of her, mom.”“Why are there ones of her eating out of dumpsters and giving seniors the finger?”“No idea,” Martha replied.“Oh god… I’ll get one out of my wallet,” Her mom decided, hurrying out of the room frantically. ...It’s funny how when one thing happens, it can make you forget about something else.

~ Rebecca Mcnutt

I listen to all these complaints about rudeness and intemperateness, and the opinion that I come to is that there is no polite way of asking somebody: have you considered the possibility that your entire life has been devoted to a delusion? But that’s a good question to ask. Of course we should ask that question and of course it’s going to offend people. Tough.

~ Daniel C. Dennett