#chivalry

Chivalry is not just a fancy word with a neat meaning; it's a way of life. ↗

— Vaughn Ripley

#motivation #life

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

#chivalry #kindness #manners #men #men-and-women

I did a research assignment on life in the Middle Ages only last year. I found the era fascinating, all that chivalry and court romance. But I never pictured anything as poor as this village. This is the pits. There's no romance here, definitely no chivary. And it stinks--of sweat and smoke and sewage. ↗

— Marianne Curley

#middle-age #pit #stink #village #age

He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a guy from another era, I thought. Though I am a big believer in gender equality, chivalry scores high in my book. ↗

— Amy Plum

#dating #men #dating

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#chivalry #love #motto #only #serve

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. ↗

— Freda Adler

#chivalry #control #dispenses #equal #invoke

He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#god #inspirational #religion #inspirational

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. ↗

— Alice Stone Blackwell

#both #cannot #chivalry #justice #than

But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#faramir #temptation #the-one-ring #temptation

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#baby #been #bit #chivalry #freedoms