Quotes About Thoughtfulness

As if the main object were to talk fast and not to talk sensibly.

Courtesy is Love in little things.

It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.

The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection.

Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings.

The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

As purchasers, how often do we end by using money as a substitute for what we fear is insufficient thoughtfulness and sensitivity?—by deciding, at the end of a lengthy shopping excursion, to buy expensive presents for our loved ones simply because we cannot think of that one simple gift that would be modest in price but perfectly intimate in effect.

But then the money business began. You like to give a girl presents when you're in love—you like to do things right. Well, Lord knows, Eva was no gold-digger—she was as likely to be pleased with a soda as a pair of imported gloves. On the other hand, she was as likely to be pleased with the gloves.

The way through controversy is not through superficiality, clichés, caricatures, and sound bites. It is through the time-consuming, energy-draining work of putting together the best thoughts that I possibly can.

If he says something silly like "I'm just trying to make it day by day," run. If his long-term plan is the same as his short-term plan, get out. Immediately. Because his answer tells you that he hasn't thought his life through, or he doesn't see you in it and so he has no reason to divulge the details to you.

I'm really slow.

I'm slow by nature; even if I write something fast, I'll let it sit for a month and hem and haw over it.

Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.

A lot of people just write off the projects that I do as stupid, but they obviously aren't, the ideas aren't the smartest but I think there definitely is a lot of thought behind it.

Es un maestro de las largas pausas. Sabe que sólo los tímidos las temen y que se precipitan, cuando no saben qué contestar, en frases apuradas que les ridiculizan

When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.

Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest?

Put a love note in his shaving kit before he leaves on a business trip.

Loving someone is waking up a little bit earlier than they do so you can pray for their day.

Friendship is thinking of the other person first.

am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear.

Every time I open my mouth to say what I'm feeling, something stops me and I have to make sure I'm not going to say anything stupid. It makes me crazy. And then, once I've figured out what I'm going to say, I have to go over it, over and over again, just to see if what I'm feeling is right. And then I have to figure out how to say it.

The race isn't to the swift, it's to the thoughtful.