Quotes About Consideration

And if we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless. We know it; others know it. They sense duplicity and become guarded. There's no foundation of trust and Win/Win becomes an ineffective superficial technique. Integrity is the cornerstone in the foundation. MATURITY. Maturity is the balance between courage and consideration.

Maturity is the balance between courage and consideration.

When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes them possible, they often become insensitive and inconsiderate, reflecting the little kindnesses and courtesies so important to a deep relationship. They begin to use control leavers to manipulate each other, to focus on their own needs, to justify their own position and look for evidence to show the wrongness of the other person

But Win/Win is nice… and tough. It's twice as tough as Win/Lose. To go for Win/Win, you not only have to be nice, you have to be courageous. You not only have to be empathic, you have to be confident. You not only have to be considerate and sensitive, you 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.

The ability to listen first requires restraint, respect, and reverence. And the ability to make yourself understood requires courage and consideration. On the continuum, you go from fight and flight instincts to mature two-way communication where courage is balanced with consideration.

Rash thinking always resulted in unsatisfying results.

Lateness is rude.

O]nce in a while there's that fleeting moment when the kindest thing you can do for another is to utter a severe word or a sharp observation that may hurt momentarily;

When we talk about others, we should be very careful to observe our motive—especially if we're talking about a person who isn't present.

Do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you.

Few people think more than two or three times a year," Shaw reportedly said.

The best way to get what you want is to treat other people with decency.

The fact that a hypothesis is politically uncomfortable does not mean that it is false, but it does mean that we should consider the evidence very carefully before concluding that it is true.

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.

Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.

Put others before yourself, unselfish love, do unto others as you would have done to you.

A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.

God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.

What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of the one loved, both in body and in soul.

People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.

Let them at all times concern themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone love, consideration, thoughtful help.