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Quotes About Consideration

Even if it should happen to be a rhyme not suited for every one's ears. I unlearned long ago to have consideration for long ears.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
At present I still possess the same affability towards everybody, I am even full of consideration for the lowliest of people: in all this there is not a grain of arrogance or of secret contempt. He whom I despise soon guesses that he is despised by me: my mere existence is enough to rouse indignation in all those who have bad blood in their veins.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
For today the petty people have become lord and master: they all preach submission and acquiescence and prudence and diligence and consideration and the long et cetera of petty virtues.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
If men gave birth, they'd be less inconsiderate.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Por el amor de Dios -murmuró Clotilde Armenta-. Déjenlo para después, aunque sea por respeto al señor obispo.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
If you can't say anything nice about somebody, step away from the voice enhancement equipment.
~ Gail Collins
At one point, I was seriously considering playing Huck Finn in a production in Northern Maine in the dead of winter.
~ David Walton
Look twice before you leap.
~ Charlotte Bronte
That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.
~ Anthony Eden
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits.
~ John Podesta
Before starting a building project, it is wise to discuss your plans in full with the neighbours.
~ Robert Rinder
Every script has things that would draw me away or draw me towards it. But I just try and choose as wisely as possible - when I get to choose.
~ Charlie Tahan
True economy means the wisest expenditure of what we have, everything considered, looking at it from the broadest standpoint. It is not a good thing to save a nickel at the expenditure of twenty-five cents' worth of time.
~ Orison Swett Marden
Treat others as you wish to be treated. Don't just be nice, but be kind to other people. That can be so rewarding.
~ Mary Lambert
I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us to think about them. They're very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didn't think of any repercussions.
~ Jenna Bush
If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
~ John Lubbock
If you have not first pondered the entire situation of the man whom you wish to help, and if you have not brought with you instructions for him to follow henceforth in leading his life, he will not receive great good from your help.
~ Nikolai Gogol
Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.
~ Saint Ignatius
Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.
~ Judith Martin
Every culture is different in terms of what is taboo and what is acceptable. I grew up in Singapore, where people are very mindful of that. One can see that as restriction or as consideration for a fellow person living within a shared environment.
~ Ng Chin Han
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.
~ Margaret J. Wheatley
Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile, being the first to make the stranger feel a part of things, being helpful, thinking of others' feelings, being inclusive.
~ Margaret D. Nadauld