Etiquette Quotations

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use. — Emily Post

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

— Emily Post

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race. — Mark Twain

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.

— Mark Twain

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them. — Benjamin Disraeli

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength. — Eric Hoffer

Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.

— Eric Hoffer

Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people. — Lillian Eichler Watson

Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.

— Lillian Eichler Watson

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened. — Stanley Walker

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened.

— Stanley Walker

Manners maketh man. — William of Wykeham

Manners maketh man.

— William of Wykeham

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness. — Dorothy ParkerÂ

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.

— Dorothy ParkerÂ

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding. — Queen MariaÂ

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.

— Queen MariaÂ

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin. — Quentin CrispÂ

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

— Quentin CrispÂ

It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor. – Emily Post Â

It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

– Emily Post Â

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup. — Bennett Cerf

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

— Bennett Cerf

Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were. — Author Unknown

Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.

— Author Unknown

Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts. — Abel Stevens

Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts.

— Abel Stevens