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

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

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.

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 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;...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

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...