149 Quotes About Civility

Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail ­ as you surely will ­ adjust your lives, not the standards.

Every decision you ever make has its own consequences. Freedom is not the issue. You have freedom to do what you want, you just cannot do it and not pay the price for it.

Civility is not a specific code of behavior as much as it is a call to unrelenting preemptive thought, and steady effort to care about influence on others.

Acts of incivility against a person defending a faceless machine, beginning the slow decline of social interaction in the industrial age.

In business, trust is crucial. As a society, we recognize that services may vary, as the same person may not provide the service each time, and therefore, there will be qualitative differences with each service. This variation of service and varying expectations without clear communication can lead to acts of incivility.

Human interaction without clearly stated scope of service can create moments of tension and less positive results.

People may get mad at the person they purchase the service from if the service does not meet their personal standard.

So scope it out, and don’t shout it out!

Your word is your brand and if your word contradicts the quality of what you grow and sell, you will have difficulty in your community in the future.