Clean Order Etiquette Manners Quotes

To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.

Learn young about hard work and manners - and you'll be through the whole dirty mess and nicely dead again before you know it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
Benjamin Disraeli

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
Homer

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
Cesare Pavese

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened.
Stanley Walker

Manners maketh man.
William of Wykeham

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
Clarence Thomas

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself.
Barbara Hall

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
Josh Billings

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
Colette - More Great Quotes on Friendship

Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.
Lillian Eichler Watson