My family trained me to be polite to people I had just met, and that included strangers. You speak when you're spoken to. You look people in the eye when they address you and when you address them back.
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The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize me, and they say nice things.
Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.
Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
My family brought me up to be very respectful of people.
As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.
I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be friendly and say 'please' and 'thank you.' I try and remember it and use it.
Now I am also friendly with people who are not so nice to me. From what I've learnt, it's nice to be friendly. It's nice to make people feel good about themselves.
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, where they assume you can't be for real.
One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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