Courtesy means gentle behavior. It is said that courtesy costs nothing but brings a lot. One can easily of the heart of others by being courteous. It helps one to win the love and affection of elders, superiors and others. It helps one to earn respect and reverence of the younger. None can run an office or business smoothly without courtesy. The habit of courtesy should be cultivated from the very childhood. A polite person honors others feelings. S/he listens to the opinions of others and tries to evaluate them without any pride and prejudice.
A courteous person never takes pride in himself. Anybody with the sense of courtesy is respected by all. So, in order to shine in life courtesy is a must. We should be polite and gentle in our behavior with our friends, relatives and neighbors. We should be polite even with the strangers. We can never become great if we are not courteous. So we should cultivate the habit of courtesy from our very boy hood. Professional courtesy generally refers to a philosophy of particular professional behavior or etiquette which is extended between members of the same profession. The concept of professional courtesy is believed to have originated within the ancient practice of medicine by where physicians provided services to other physicians without charge.
