Civility Quotes
Collection of top 100 famous quotes about Civility
Civility Quotes & Sayings
Happy to read and share the best inspirational Civility quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.
That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.
— Alexander Pope
Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.
— Stephen Carter
We have gotten so use to humor being something nasty and offensive that we started to believe that was the only way to get a laugh.
— John Patrick Hickey
Kudj wonder if perhaps Mother right. Kudj wonder if civility only as strong as weakest person participating.
— Sam Sykes
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
— George W. Bush
![Civility Quotes By Orson Scott Card: [T]he politically correct are above the rules of](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/civility-quotes-by-orson-scott-card-1194734.jpg "Civility Quotes By Orson Scott Card: [T]he politically correct are above the rules of")
[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.
— Orson Scott Card
When civility is illusory, war is inevitable.
— Steve Maraboli
Women like this exploited a person's natural civility, marching through the gaps left by a inability to speak the naked truth.
— Rebecca Tope
I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens.
— Mark Kingwell
Keep the personal, personal and do not be guilty of spreading bad feelings.
— John Patrick Hickey
Katie preferred honesty, even at the expense of civility. She longed to have everything in the open.
— Erika Johansen
I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and and rational argument. — Barack Obama
People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.
— Lord Chesterfield
Sheer human decency and civility are two of the most important contributions to our community life that women of courage can make.
— Chieko N. Okazaki
The civility of young Branghton, I much suspect, was merely the result of his father's commands
— Fanny Burney
A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.
— John R. Dallas Jr.
It is one of the important uses of civility to signify resentment.
— Ambrose Bierce
Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
— Miguel De Cervantes
While the scars of the monstrous Civil War still remain, the wounds have closed since 1865, in large part, because of the civility of Grant and Lee.
— Douglas Brinkley
German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.
— Adrienne Monnier
Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.
— Martin E. Marty
Congratulations is the civility of envy.
— Ambrose Bierce
In Charles Dickens's books I had to admire the way the meanest enemies spoke to each other, with what seemed to me to be the greatest civility.
— Jane Hamilton
Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heartand just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Civility is just lying to people about your true feelings. Hiding for personal gain.Popular people, well, they're just the best liars. — Rick Remender
The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.
— Joshua Lederberg
All the important roles shortly boiled down to one: remember your with other people; show some consideration.
— Lynne Truss
The apartment is an oasis - of civility, kindness, and elegance.
— Will Schwalbe
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
— George McGovern
The thorny pointOf bare distress hath ta'en from me the show
Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred
And know some nurture. — William Shakespeare
A talent for forgetting is necessary to maintain civility.
— Matthew De Abaitua
He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense.
— Barbara W. Tuchman
Posting your thoughts on any social media site is like telling you most deeply held secret to the town gossip. Not a wise move.
— John Patrick Hickey
Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.
— Benjamin Franklin
The veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin
— Karin Tansek
Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic ...
— Dean Koontz
The civilities of the great are never thrown away.
— Samuel Johnson
As a success-minded person, you should always be looking to not only do your job but do it with excellence and go the extra mile.
— John Patrick Hickey
They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.
— Jane Austen
She strove in vain against the echoing walls of their civility.
— E. M. Forster
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
— Charles Dickens
The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
— Samuel Johnson
After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.
— Cullen Hightower
The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.
— Raheel Farooq
When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.
— John Patrick Hickey
You don't have to prove confidence; when you have it, it'll show. Real confidence is quiet, tactful, civil, and humble. — Rosalinda Oropeza Randall
There is chaos behind the civility, of course.
— Edward Albee
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
— Jay Weatherill
Civility is not simply about manners.
— Jim Leach
Words have meaning beyond the obvious. Words have consequences beyond intentions. Civil words align risk and reward of such unknowns.
— John R. Dallas Jr.
![Civility Quotes By Gene Doucette: [D]espite the patina of civility coating most of](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/civility-quotes-by-gene-doucette-377473.jpg "Civility Quotes By Gene Doucette: [D]espite the patina of civility coating most of")
[D]espite the patina of civility coating most of modern society, underneath it is a thick layer of savagery.
— Gene Doucette
Civility, it is said, means obeying the unenforceable.
— Ellen Goodman
Everything has a consequence to it.
— John Patrick Hickey
Civility costs nothing and buys everything
— Mary Wortley Montagu
I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.
— John Podhoretz
Civility is the art and act of caring for others.
— Deborah King
Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.
— William Hazlitt
Success-minded people must understand that the use of profane and obscene words have no place in their vocabulary.
— John Patrick Hickey
Some of us love hockey not just for its ferocity and skill but for its underlying code of civility off the ice.
— George Vecsey
No matter who it is or what you think of them, never rejoice in the pain of others. It lowers you to a level you should not be at.
— John Patrick Hickey
The system wears a mask of civility, yet will quickly reveal its true nature in the form of magnificently-purposed violence when needed.
— Bryant McGill
It is rudeness of the highest order to hit a family when they are down.
— John Patrick Hickey
Social media is just that - social.
— John Patrick Hickey
I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
— T.D. Jakes
Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making.
— Aniruddha Sastikar
Crime must be brought under control ... Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom at all.
— Nelson Mandela
I am worn out with civility.
— Jane Austen
I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.
— Willow Bay
We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor.
— John Patrick Hickey
People who expect deference resent mere civility.
— Mason Cooley
A society that is controlled by an elite minority group who use the population as a food source, will never know civility
— Alejandro C. Estrada
Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.
— E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl Of Halifax
If I had to name the biggest difference between Bhutan and the rest of the world, I could do it in one word, civility.
— Linda Leaming
In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.
— James Branch Cabell
Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.
— George W. Bush
Good manners is just being respectful of others. Whether you know them or not, you should show respect for all people.
— John Patrick Hickey
....a crucial measure of our success in life is the way we treat one another every day of our lives.
— P. M. Forni
