#polite

Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems. ↗

— Martha Beck

#appearance #discussing #facing #lies #many

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#manners #politeness #respect #respect

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#complaisance #faith #freedom #neither #nor

I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#fans #i #ones #polite #seem

Politeness is the flower of humanity. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#humanity #politeness

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#finds #form #howling #medicine #our

It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

#beings #children #decent #hope #human

But Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and better. But first and foremost, it's something you owe yourself. You are David. ↗

— Anne Holm

#i-am-david #life #politeness #smart #wisdom

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. ↗

— Sinclair Lewis

#compulsion #every #obedient #polite #put

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite. ↗

— Wyndham Lewis

#long #long run #me #more #polite