To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself

Quote by Richard Whately

Topics: Manners Quotes

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single...

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single...

Happiness is no laughing matter

Happiness is no laughing matter

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in...

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in...

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own...

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own...

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the...

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the...

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not...

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not...

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the...

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the...

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.