Quotes About Consideration

How better to show your respect for another person's thoughts than by silence? Is it polite to cover those thoughts with your own ideas? What is polite about that?

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

Confucius said, "People may have the finest talents, but if they are arrogant and stingy, their other qualities are not worthy of consideration.

He who wishes to fight must first count the cost

Therefore the considerations of the intelligent always include both benefit and harm. As they consider benefit, their work can expand; as they consider harm, their troubles can be resolved.

Hay que reflexionar y deliberar antes de tomar cualquier decisión.

A wise leader always considers about gains and damages in his decisions.

Phoebe, we talked about this," he reminded her. "You deserve better than a quickie out in the open." "We're in a tent," she said before she could stop herself. "And it doesn't have to be quick.

I can't stand people who jabber on their phones in supermarkets, blocking your access to the butter, then getting all self-important when you interrupt to ask them to move

Will it matter in five years?

What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.

The forms of manners which should be scrupulously observed are, invariably, those which contribute to the comfort, or dignity of others.

I figured he was adhering to the adage that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't make fun of the person paying the mortgage.

Focus on someone else's problems for a change, I instructed myself. You need the practice. From now on you'll have to live in a world you didn't make up. Horrible thought.

She gave this some thought. "Oh,

If you're not ready to consider marriage or you're not truly interested in marrying a specific person, it's selfish and potentially harmful to encourage that person to need you or ask him or her to gratify you emotionally or physically.

The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.

The best relationships are between two people who care more about each other's good than their own momentary pleasure.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

Making Others Feel Comfortable. Miss

Miss Manners hereby absolves everyone from feeling any embarrassment deliberately imposed by others.

Any attempt to explain that they are undecided, rather than declining, should be brushed aside with the explanation that although you need to plan now, you understand that they are not in a position to accept and you wouldn't dream of pushing them.

The polite thing would be to say to the noisy person, "I beg your pardon, but I can't hear the music. I wonder if you would mind talking more softly?" By the time you have said all this, a third party will utter a loud shush, thereby accomplishing your purpose without sacrificing your manners.

thought; not that it mattered