INSPIRE and MOTIVATE

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Courteous

cour'·te·ous, adj. [ME. cortais, corteis, corteous; OFr. curteis, corteis (Fr. courtois) < curt; see COURT, n., 8 & -OUS], polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well-mannered. —SYN. see civil.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a United States writer and poet.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
—George Washington 1732–1799

George Washington was the United States military leader during the American Revolutionary War and was unanimously later elected president serving from 1789 to 1797.

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