Quotes About Thoughtfulness

The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting.

To not say all that can be said is the secret of discipline and economy.

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]

Although she had chosen presents with such care for her relations, Laura was surprised when counter presents arrived from them. She had not thought of them as remembering her. (77)

Let me never speak casually.

All a good letter has to do is make you feel special.

You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.

I'm not much into speculation.

Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.

How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it.

Sometimes it was better to say nothing than to fill a void badly.

I don't want to attract attention because I open my mouth.

I like to take my time with things.

Never use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do.

Nikolae. It always came back to him. His thoughtfulness. His attention to detail. For some reason, the thought made Destiny blush wildly and she had to duck her head to conceal her thoughts from the priest. There was no concealing them from Nikolae. Details are important , he agreed in his black velvet voice, implying all sorts of things. Lightning is going to strike you if you keep that up in front of a holy man. Let us go where I am much safer, then.

But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness...

Play your music, read your books, think your own thoughts, and never let yourselves be drawn into an argument! Not an altogether satisfactory way of life, but the only one possible in times when the world is changing so fast that parents and children may be a thousand years apart in their ideas and ideals.

Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant. Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way. Running beer gathers no froth. No haste, gentlemen.

A primeira santidade consiste em pensar no próximo. Vejamos

Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them.

May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness, and tied with love.

He moved through his mind with the assuredness of an explorer and the grace of a poet.

You disappear so completely into your head sometimes," he said. "I wish I could follow you.