As entrepreneurs, we all know the importance of being professional in both our personal and business lives. But sometimes it’s hard to remember to act with poise and grace under pressure. That’s why today we’re sharing some wise words from some of history’s most successful businessmen on the importance of manners. After all, as they say, it’s not what you know that counts – it’s how you make people feel.

The best manner quotes

1. In short, the best thing to do is behave in a manner befitting one’s age. If you are sixteen or under, try not to go bald. — Woody Allen

2. Men’s evil manners live in brass — their virtue we write in water.

3. If we repeal Obamacare, it’s the Wild West, and then you’re gonna see the traditional manner and behavior of Washington kick into gear and start trying to craft something. — Rush Limbaugh

4. I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. — Raymond Chandler

5. Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. — Mary Wollstonecraft

6. Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them. — Moshe Katsav

7. Neurosis is no excuse for bad manners. — Sigmund Freud

8. Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters. — Samuel Adams

9. Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

10. She wouldn’t ask. Didn’t want to know what manner of thing might crawl toward a fire. — Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

11. The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner. — Stephen Jay Gould

12. God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners. — William Wilberforce

13. God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners. — William Wilberforce

14. My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul. — William Shakespeare

15. Speak after the manner of men. — Romans

16. We should ask God to help us toward manners. Inner gifts do not find their way to creatures without just respect. — Rumi

17. My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul. — William Shakespeare

18. The joy of my heart is to ‘study men, their manners, and their ways, ‘ and for this darling object I cheerfully sacrifice every other consideration. — Robert Burns

19. Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

20. I wish for you constantly for I want to talk about everybody and everything. I can’t go up to a stranger & say ‘your manners &looks have stirred me to this profound meditation’– — W B Yeats

21. Making the extra effort to say thanks in a genuine, personal manner goes a long way. It is pleasurable to do, and it encourages more of the same good behavior. — Richard Branson

22. The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. Winners evaluate themselves in a positive manner and look for their strengths as they work to overcome weaknesses. — Zig Ziglar

24. Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners. — Patricia Briggs, Moon Called

25. The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born, is an animal with no manners, no moral sense at all. — Roald Dahl

26. Take your life out of high gear and disengage the autopilot mode. Try living mindfully and avoid the pattern of living in a reactive manner. — Nanette Mathews

27. Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them. — Mark Twain

28. In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege. — Michael Graves, The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered

29. Sachin Tendulkar is already a ‘Bharat Ratna’ for Indian people because of his phenomenal success and the manner in which he has served Indian cricket for years. — Rahul Dravid

30. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. — Oscar Wilde

31. The charm of fine manners is music and sculpture and picture to many who do not pretend to appreciation of these arts. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

32. Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey. — Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned

33. It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners. — Oscar Wilde

34. My grief lies all within — and these external manner of laments are merely shadows of the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortur’d soul.

35. There is no nation in the history that has not experienced bloodshed and murdering. We all have committed the same mistakes in a different manner. — M.F. Moonzajer

36. You will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality. — Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

37. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. — Oscar Wilde

38. Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

39. I like to think I am well–mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I’ll go with the grits. That’s how Southern I am. — Michael C. Hall

40. I don’t like coming over here at night, the girl said. The bayou is scary in the dark, all manner of things running wild out there. — Samuel Snoek–Brown, Hagridden

41. Speak after the manner of men. — Romans

42. Ultimately, there is no entity called ‘government’; there are only people forming themselves into groups called ‘governments’ and acting in a ‘governmental’ manner. — Murray Rothbard

43. He who writes much will not easily escape a manner, such a recurrence of particular modes as may be easily noted. — Samuel Johnson

44. A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. — Samuel Adams

45. Karass: A group of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial linkages are not evident — Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

46. In my limited experience, shows are like children. You can teach them manners and dress them in little sailor suits, but in the end, they’re going to be who they’re going to be. — Tina Fey

47. Wisdom is not counted in grammers, niether in fluency, but vividly shown in mannerism. — Michael Bassey Johnson

48. I work with really cool people, and so far I haven’t been approached in any embarrassing manner when it comes to image. — Sondre Lerche

49. Delay, says Dr. Manner, is a luxury which people with right–now cancers cannot afford. — Paul Harvey

50. Graphic Design is the communication of information in an appropriate visual manner. — Massimo Vignelli

Conclusion

We all have the potential to be great people and to show kindness and respect to those around us. It all starts with our own behavior and it’s up to us to make sure that our actions reflect the best of our values. We can use these quotes as a reminder that our demeanor matters and that it’s important to be mindful of how we interact with others. Let’s strive to be the best versions of ourselves and to spread good vibes, no matter where we go.