Considerate Quotes

• Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Graduation, Kindness, Children

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• Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Real, People, Feelings

  Mary Kay Ash (1995). “Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur”, Prima Lifestyles

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• Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.

  Ralph Marston

  Wise, Moving, Action

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• 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.

  Thomas J. Watson

  Life, Motivational, Leadership

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• The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring to you increased happiness.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Happiness, Happy, Charity

  "Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day".

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• If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Kindness, New Beginnings

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• One of the greatest accomplishments in this world would be that of lifting human hearts. Blessed are they who are kind and considerate of the feelings of other people.

  Richard L. Evans

  Blessed, Heart, People

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• We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Saint, May, Serving Others

  Saint Francis de Sales, Aeterna Press (2015). “The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales”, p.19, Aeterna Press

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• It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

  Isaac Barrow

  Sweet, Revenge, Mind

  Isaac Barrow (1720). “The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow[...]”, p.331

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• Many people think in terms of either/or: either you're nice or you're tough. Win-win requires that you be both. It is a balancing act between courage and consideration. To go for win-win, you not only have to be empathic, but you also have to be confident. You not only have to be considerate and sensitive, you also have to be brave. To do that-to achieve that balance between courage and consideration-is the essence of real maturity and is fundamental to win-win.

  Stephen Covey

  Real, Nice, Maturity

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• Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

  John Lithgow

  People, Care, Be Kind

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• I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

  Elle Macpherson

  Beautiful, Quiet, Good Person

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• Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?

  Maxim Gorky

  Optimistic, Men, Justice

  "The Lower Depths". Play by Maxim Gorky, 1902.

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• He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

  David Seabury

  Considerate And Caring, Be Considerate

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• The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you. As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world about you.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Happiness, Kindness, Practice

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• There are respectful, considerate things that can be done in life that will be appreciated by the recipient, and only good things can result.

  Randy Pausch

  Done, Appreciated, Respectful

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.238, Hachette UK

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• Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Power, Sobriety, Grumbling

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• When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love.

  Mortimer Adler

  Careers, Differences, Justice

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• Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

  Malcolm Cowley

  Book, Writing, Criticism

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• I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.

  Barry Williams

  Passion, Thinking, Role Models

  Archive for Category 'Ask Barry', www.thegregbradyproject.com.

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• Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.

  Ann Landers

  Sacrifice, Class, Manners

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• I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself.

  Elle Macpherson

  Beauty, Beautiful, Serene

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• He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Order, Taste, Action

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• Pick up a stone that feels good to you and is small enough to hold in one hand. Consider how long that stone has been around and what enormous pressure it has experienced. Draw strength from its long history.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Hands, Long, Feel Good

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• I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.

  Richard O'Brien

  Grateful, People, Lovely

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