Inspirational Manners Quotes & Sayings

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. — Haruki Murakami

There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners. — Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

Wealth is the sinews of affairs. — Wilfred Bion

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Manners without sincerity, is called polite society — Josh Stern

Money doesn't mean that you are educated, have manners, class or even have good hygiene. All it means is ... you have money! — Tina Louise Brotz

Education is meaningless without manners — Benny Bellamacina

Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because it was so clearly a religiously inspired movement that entered the public arena and made a major difference in American life. — Bruce L. Shelley

It is amazing, the number of business executives and senior leaders who get to be appointed and elevated to positions of authority on the basis of technical competences whilst lacking essential grooming on basic good manners and customs of conduct that must come from the home training process. — Archibald Marwizi

Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted 'Bingo!' counted as a yea or a nay. — Jon Stewart

They were almond cookies, although they could have been made of spinach and shoes for all I cared. I ate eleven of them, right in a row. It is rude to take the last cookie. — Lemony Snicket

Psychologists call this phenomenon the contrast effect. Simply put, how you see anything depends on your reference point. One way or the other, your focus will determine your reality. — Mark Batterson

I didn't need to transform after all.
My name is Harriet Manners and I am a geek.
And maybe that's not so bad after all. — Holly Smale

When poetry is on the money, 12 words can slay you. I admire that greatly. — Daniel Woodrell

There are pages ripped out and taped all over one wall. (Not taped - stuck to the wall with spells.) (And this is exactly the sort of thing I'm sick of. Like, just use some tape. Why come up with a spell for sticking paper to the wall? Tape. Exists.) — Rainbow Rowell

Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows. — Maralee McKee

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe. — John Leguizamo

A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes. Status symbol means nothing to him. A waterlogged stick will do just fine. A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class but by who they are inside. A dog doesn't care if you are rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. It was really quite simple, and yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated, have always had trouble figuring out what really counts and what does not. As I wrote that farewell column to Marley, I realized it was all right there in front of us, if only we opened our eyes. Sometimes it took a dog with bad breath, worse manners, and pure intentions to help us see. — John Grogan

It's the simplest things in your life that help you achieve the greatest BLESSINGS. None of those things cost you, yet they can bring abundant reward. Faith, honesty and good manners will take you places and assist you in obtaining things that money NEVER will. — Carlos Wallace

There is a region beyond reason. Unless you get there, you will not know the sweetness of love, nor the Divine. — Jaggi Vasudev