Favourite Etiquette Quotes

“Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better
than is absolutely essential. ”
- Will Cuppy

“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

“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”
- Clarence Thomas

“The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.”
- Oscar Wilde

“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

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think both of you are wonderful.”
- Caskie Stinnet

“The mark of a good conversationalist? Pay attention to what people say!”
- Larry King

“We don’t bother much about dress and manners in England,
because as a nation we don’t dress well and we’ve no manners.”
- George Bernard Shaw

“The best index to a person’s character is how a person treats people
who can’t do them any good or can’t fight back.”
- reputedly said by Abigail Van Buren