"Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving."

John Lithgow

"I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit."

Fran Lebowitz

"Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop."

Lewis Carroll

"Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much."

Erastus Wiman

"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them."

Sir Frances Bacon

"Kindness isn't sacrifice so much as it is being considerate for the feelings of others, sharing happiness, the unselfish thought, the spontaneous and friendly act, forgetfulness of our own present interests. "

Carl Holmes

"All doors open to courtesy. "

Dr. Thomas Fuller

"A tree is known by its fruit; a person by their deeds. A good deed is never lost; whoever sows courtesy reaps friendship, and whoever plants kindness gathers love."

Saint Basil

"Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings."

Mary Kay Ash

"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart."

Henry Clay

"There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From it springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Life is short but there is always time enough for courtesy."

Ralph Waldo Emerson