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“I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.”
Michel de Montaigne
Civility
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Courtesy
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Excess
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Human Nature
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Social Interaction
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“The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.”
Michel de Montaigne
Courtesy
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Manners
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Social Skills
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Relationships
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Human Nature
3.
“We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.”
Voltaire
Obligation
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Communication
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Courtesy
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Social Behavior
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Respect
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Kindness
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“Beaming and melting in smiles of benevolence and self-effacement, they sidled up and plumped down next to Lucette, who turned to them with her last, last, last free gift of staunch courtesy that was stronger than failure and death.”
Vladimir Nabokov
Benevolence Smiles
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Staunch Courtesy
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Failure Strength
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Courtesy
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Smiles
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Failure
5.
“Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop.”
Lewis Carroll
Kindness
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Courtesy
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Powerful Actions
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Small Gestures
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Social Impact
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Positive Influence
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“Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.”
Socrates
Justice
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Wisdom
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Courtesy
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Law
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Responsibility
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“If analysis shows that someone's brilliant work fails again and again as soon as cooperation from others is required, it probably indicates a lack of courtesy - that is, a lack of manners.”
Peter Drucker
Cooperation
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Work
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Leadership
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Teamwork
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Success
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Courtesy
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“I am a believer in trying to treat people properly and trying to respond and making sure that I find the time to be courteous.”
Richard Branson
Leadership
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Courtesy
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People
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Business
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Respect
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“Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.”
Stephen Covey
Kindness
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Relationships
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Courtesy
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Attention to detail
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Connection
10.
“The habit of paying compliments kept a man’s tongue oiled without any expense.”
Charles Dickens
Compliments
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Social Interaction
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Courtesy
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Communication
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Humor
11.
“Touching your cap to the Squire may be damn bad for the Squire, but it’s damn good for you.”
J. R. R. Tolkien
Humor
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Courtesy
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Squire
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Wit
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Benefit
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“To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.”
Benjamin Franklin
Humility
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Duty
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Respect
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Courtesy
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Nobility
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“Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courtesy
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Kindness
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Respect
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Life
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Time
14.
“If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.”
Maya Angelou
Respect
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Self-worth
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Courtesy
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Communication
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Integrity
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“It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.”
Mark Twain
Sportsmanship
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Patience
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Humor
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Golf
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Courtesy
16.
“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.”
Oscar Wilde
Gentleman
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Courtesy
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Irony
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Intent
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Manners
17.
“Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Courtesy
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Fairness
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Readiness
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Values
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Society
18.
“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Courtesy
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Respect
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Manners
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Character
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Integrity
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“In business, courtesy and efficiency have a symbiotic relationship.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Business
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Courtesy
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Efficiency
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Relationships
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Professionalism
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“When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Strength
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Courtesy
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Restraint
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Power
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Influence
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