I used to bodyguard for Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard. I used to bodyguard a lot of diamond merchants; I would travel with a suitcase full of diamonds and take them from point A to point B. My reputation grew because I was a professional. I did my job, and I was courteous - a no-nonsense guy.

As a former waitress myself, I know firsthand how a simple smile from someone can improve your day and how a single harsh word can destroy it. Being courteous and thoughtful costs you nothing and can sometimes pay you dividends in unexpected ways.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Courteous people learn courtesy from the discourteous

"I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I am so alone, I do not have to be any of these things.

Wasting talent is a sin. I'm not big on sin, but I know a sin when I see one staring me in the face. I'm not big on sin, but I know a sin when I see one staring me in the face. It's just not courteous to not use or wear something that somebody's given you as a well-meaning gift. It goes against Southern ways, not that God is Southern by any stretch of the imagination, but I do think He expects us to be an example for the rest of the country, as far as manners go.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Really big people are above everything else courteous considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

Be peaceful be courteous obey the law respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you send him to the cemetery.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split as a general thing.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.