Quotes About Consideration

To be fully human has little to do with always being the centre of attention, getting your way and having all your ambitions met. To be fully human is to be like Christ, to 'count others better than yourselves' (Phil 2:13)...It takes rare strength to treat others as more important than yourself.

In our rush to presumably better ourselves we had both missed what had otherwise always been obvious—that it often didn't take much more than careful consideration of each other's needs to secure a degree of happiness.

Sometimes chivalry is just nice,

Don't ever be late. It's like proclaiming that your time is more important than someone else's.

Before we pitch our tent on the grassy knoll," Lou says, "let's consider the possibility that this wasn't an inside job.

We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.

The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs.

Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

Every act of kindness and consideration changes and enhances the course of life.

Life's supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.

Develop the wise art of being radically truthful and remaining considerate, thoughtful, and safe.

Im used to slowing down so that everyone else can catch up

Maybe," I say, just to be nice. It'll be too much of a pain to bring all my supplies downstairs and get set up again. I'm in a good rhythm right now.

IT'S NICE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LIKE SOMEONE AND, WITHOUT DECLARING YOURSELF, DO WHAT'S POSSIBLE TO FURTHER HIS HAPPINESS. THIS CAN TAKE THE FORM OF GIFTS, LOVELY FOOD, PUBLICITY, OR ADVANCED WARNING.

GUY TIP #18: Just because you can urinate anywhere you want doesn't mean you should-even if your aim is so good you can spell out "Red Sox Rule" in capital letters with once taking a break.

It is important if someone asks you to remember one of your happiest times to consider not only the question but also the questioner. If the question is asked by someone you love, it is fair to assume that this person hopes to feature in this recollection he has called forth.

Kind words cost no more than unkind ones ... and we may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindliness around us at so little expense.

Promoting short-termism. Measured performance encourages what Robert K. Merton called "the imperious immediacy of interests … where the actor's paramount concern with the foreseen immediate consequences excludes consideration of further or other consequences."3 In short, advancing short-term goals at the expense of long-range considerations.