Quotes About Consideration

People who can put themselves in the place of other people, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for them.

Always make the other person feel important. John Dewey, as we have already noted, said that the desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature;

I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves—before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.

We ride roughshod over the feelings of others, getting our own way, finding fault, issuing threats, criticising a child or an employee in front of others, without even considering the hurt to the other person's pride. Whereas a few minutes' thought, a considerate word or two, a genuine understanding of the other person's attitude, would go so far toward alleviating the sting!

Good manners," said Emerson, "are made up of petty sacrifices.

Cooperativeness in conversation is achieved when you show that you consider the other person's ideas and feelings as important as your own.

Now, if we stop thinking about ourselves for a while and begin to think of the other person's good points, we won't have to resort to flattery so cheap and false that it can be spotted almost before it is out of the mouth.

Trate siempre de que la otra persona se sienta importante.

Could my opponents be right? Partly right? Is there truth or merit in their position or argument? Is my reaction one that will relieve the problem, or will it just relieve any frustration? Will my reaction drive my opponents further away or draw them closer to me? Will my reaction elevate the estimation good people have of me? Will I win or lose? What price will I have to pay if I win? If I am quiet about it, will the disagreement blow over? Is this difficult situation an opportunity for me?

Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.

We often take our spouses so much for granted that we never let them know we appreciate them.

Frases insignificantes, como Lamento molestarlo, Tendría usted la bondad de..., Quiere hacer el favor de..., Tendría usted la gentileza, o Gracias"; pequeñas cortesías como éstas sirven para aceitar las ruedas del monótono mecanismo de la vida diaria y, de paso, son la seña de la buena educación.

when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted.

think always in terms of the other person's point of view, and see things from that person's angle as well as your own—if

El hombre que se puede poner en el lugar de los demás, que puede comprender el funcionamiento de la mente ajena, no tiene por qué preocuparse por el futuro.

said: "People who can put themselves in the place of other people, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for them.

Principle 9 - Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

it is well to heed the old adage—" listen to both sides of the story." Among the many reasons for this, and perhaps most important, is the fact that if everyone is against something (particularly heroin addiction), one can assume that there is something which can be said in its favor.

This is a matter of freedom, not price, so think of 'free speech,' not 'free beer.' " For

If it is a choice to be right or kind, always choose kind.

There are two occasions when complaining is least appreciated in the world: (1) Whenever you tell someone else that you are tired. (2) Whenever you tell someone else that you don't feel well. If you are tired, you can exercise several options, but complaining to even one poor soul, let alone a loved one, is abusing that person. And it won't make you less tired. The same kind of logic applies to your "not feeling well.

think of others first by being willing to serve and exhibit kindness and love

Catch yourself when you have judgmental thoughts that could be considered harmful for yourself or others.

Do as you would be done by.