Quotes About Consideration

Don't do what you can't undo, until you've considered what you can't do once you've done it.

I thought you should have a few days to get your bearings. You can begin work here on Monday." "That's very generous of you, sir, but I am willing to begin at once if I am needed." Roland waved away the comment. "Not necessary, Mr. Ludgrove. Monday will be soon enough." Jack nodded. Though my wife is expecting you to be our guest for supper your first night in Killdeer." "I wouldn't want to put her out, Mr. Everton." Jack stood.

That I had been shallow, stubborn, and selfish did not alter the gravity and stupidity of what I had done. I had made the greatest mistake for a woman literate in nu shu: I had not considered texture, context, and shades of meaning.

Always remember how to behave, how to speak to people, how to respect the world around you

She was annoyed by her mother's lack of consideration for the rest of the family, not to mention her lack of foresight about the future. Elizabeth was unwilling to talk about alternatives to living alone in a gigantic old house that she might not be able to manage one day, the care of which would fall to Maggie and Jones.

Anyway, no guy wants to be with a girl if she's not into him. So you did him a favor.

When men declare their love for us, we should handle them with the utmost care, even if the feelings aren't mutual. For the sake of future marital happiness, or to leave their hearts intact for another woman down the pike, let's be gentle and trustworthy with their brave declarations.

I'd have been a fool not to have thought of it, and a greater fool not to have thought better of it.

He should be in bed, she decided. Hers, by preference.

If I could not be anchored and profound, I would try, at least, to be kind.

Promise me one thing. He nodded and she continued, Whenever you are about to do something terrible, think of me, and then don't do it.

A man ought to know enough to make a choice; and pa, he always advised me to look to both sides of a proposition.

Sometimes it's better to reserve judgment Ã¢â'¬Â¦ 

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.

When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…

Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.

Please could I say one word? was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in which Mac usually sat. Did anyone speak? he asked, blinking in the flood of sunshine that entered with Rose. Only three times, thank you. Don't disturb yourself, I beg; for I merely want to say a word, answered Rose.

I wish it was as easy for me to do little things to please people as it is for you. I think of them, but it takes too much time to do them, so I wait for a chance to confer a great favor, and let the small ones slip, but they tell best in the end, I fancy.

El cariño en las miradas, en las palabras y en las obras, es la mejor cortesía, y a ella se llega tratando a los demás como nosotros quisiéramos ser tratados

Kindness in looks and words and ways is true politeness, and any one can have it if they only try to treat other people as they like to be treated themselves.

Do unto others as they would do unto you—and do it first.

I've talked too long, I'm afraid. There are others here who wished to talk.

I suppose there may be something in what you say, though I had never thought of it in that way before.

He valued money too highly to dispense it lightly and wanted to investigate all requests before acting upon them.