Consideration Quotes

• The only true source of politeness is consideration.

  William Gilmore Simms

  Source, Politeness, Polite

  William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.235

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• Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Motivational, Attitude, Men

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• Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Independent, Labor Day

  Annual Message to Congress, 3 Dec. 1861

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• The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

  Frida Kahlo

  Artist, Feminist Art, Needs

  Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

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• The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

  Frida Kahlo

  Art, Happy Friday, Needs

  Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

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• A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings.

  Richard Miller

  Lying, Men, Dating

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• A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

  A. A. Milne

  Inspirational, Friendship, Relationship

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.93, Egmont UK

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• For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Change, Thinking, Long

  On the Constitution (1787)

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• The only thing I know is that I know nothing

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Learning

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• It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.

  James Cash Penney

  Children, Practice, Economy

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• The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Power, Literature, World

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• Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

  Margaret Chase Smith

  Expectations, Criticism, Courtesy

  Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of Conscience”

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• The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda.

  Strom Thurmond

  White, People, Understanding

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• Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual.

  Paul Tournier

  Spiritual, Thinking, Mind

  Paul Tournier (1957). “The Meaning of Persons”

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• Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

  John Amos Comenius

  Views, Diversity, Humanity

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• I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.

  Kelly Lynch

  Character, Waiting, Looks

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• When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

  Edward Steichen

  Photography, Art, Done

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• After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain.

  George C. Wallace

  Political, Mountain, Politics

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• Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.

  William E. Simon

  Jobs, Innovation, Growth

  William E. Simon (1979). “Time for Truth”, Berkley

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• Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front.

  Wilhelm Keitel

  People, Soldier, Kind

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• I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.

  William H. Seward

  Europe, Mexico, Slavery

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• Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.

  Budd Schulberg

  Comfort, Dignity, Fighter

  "Barry Mcguigan: Brilliant Schulberg Budd was more than a contender", www.mirror.co.uk. August 8, 2009.

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• Something like The Haunting is not worth the slightest consideration from me.

  Nigel Kneale

  Haunting

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• My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes.

  Leon Kass

  Jobs, Decision, President

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• I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.

  James Longstreet

  Ideas, Campaigns, Fancy

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