Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop.
LEWIS CARROLL
Courtesy should be a continuous action, not something to be turned on and off like a faucet.Anonymous
Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.Erastus Wiman
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.Henry Clay
Lack of courtesy is an extreme form of disrespect.Khaleel Datay
There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.Saint Basil
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.Madame De Stael
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.Amy Vanderbilt
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man’s cruelty and baseness.Bryant H. McGill