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

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...

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.

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

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

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

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...

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...

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love...

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

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.

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...

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.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected...

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected...

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his...

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his...

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.