Manners & Etiquette

It is very difficult to define good manners. But broadly speak­ing they may be said to be well established standards of decent conduct in social life. Manners include words, gestures, movement, mode of speech, courtesy, politeness, sympathy and many such other things. They are the outward expressions of one’s personality and the real ornaments of a gentleman. Etiquette means the rules of behaviour among polite people.
Man has to live in society and lead a social life. He cannot remain in isolation. In the society he has to come into contact with a large number of other persons. Man has to be very careful in his dealings with others. He need not unnecessarily annoy others. He should behave in a way that pleases those in whose contact he comes. For success in life we must have good manners and etiquette. They are the best recommendations of a man. They do not cost anything but they bring valuable gains. Facial beauty charms the eyes, but manners and etiquette win the heart. They are like flowers that lend fragrance. They are real ornaments of a gentleman and add greatness to his personality. They have a magnetic effect. They Attract others towards you. They win your enemies. They add charm ind grace to what you say or do. It has been said by a great man •nd rightly so that ‘manners maketh man’.
Manners and etiquette may be learnt, acquired and cultivated. The first and best school for learrning them is home. We try to emulate our elders. If our elders are cultured and well-mannered We can easily learn good manners from them. Students learn many things in the school and in the company of their friends. Society •nd environmeet play a great part in the cultivation of manners and etiquette. It a person moves among people who have good manners •no etiquette, he has a fair opportunity to learn them.
Words play an important role in our conversation. We are judged by what we speak. We should not speak offending words. Whatever we speak should be in a soft, gentle and