149 Quotes About Civility

Use empathy, thoughtfulness and kindness in your interactions and think before you speak. A kind word is long remembered.

Times like these always reveal that the veil of civility is thinner than we thought... but that the hearts of good people are greater than we imagined.

Honesty defines self respect.

Leaving the group, he reclined on a couch, drank morosely, and watched people. He noticed the games they played with one another. They put on masks of civility, all while spewing their venom.

Why is civility important? Because civilized society depends upon it. That we might coexist by a series of civil exchanges with most if not all people despite varying ideas and feelings. Civil compromises are the only reason dozens of widely varying groups working together made the United States a great power. Those who support progress promote civility; those who oppose it promote harassment and violence, no matter the political affiliation of the person who does so.

A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.

The system wears a mask of civility, yet will quickly reveal its true nature in the form of magnificently-purposed violence when needed.

Wisdom tells us that the best time for silence is when we are mad or upset.

Let your heroes be known. Give praise and honor to those to whom it is rightly due. Spend more time posting stories about heroes than you do about the wrongs in the world. When we know about heroes and we see those who perform heroic acts, we too want to be heroes. There is a hero in all of us. Heroes are important.