Consideration Of Others Quotes

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Criss Jami
“The funny thing about the heart is a soft heart is a strong heart, and a hard heart is a weak heart.”
Criss Jami, Healology

Alexander McCall Smith
“If we treated others with the consideration that one would give to those who only had a few days to live, then we would be kinder, at least.”
Alexander McCall Smith, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

Steve Goodier
“What if today you gave yourself permission to be outrageously kind? What if you extended as much good will and kindness as you can possibly muster to every person you meet? And what if you did it with no thought of reward? I'm sure of one thing: it will be a day you will never regret.”
Steve Goodier

“In some cases, some way, and sometimes you can tolerate or even if needed be considerate, but do not ever compromise moreover lower your standards.”
Glad Munaiseche

“Charm's key ingredient is consideration for others.”
Ellen Lubin-Sherman

Anna Gavalda
“Generous, delicate persons never, when in the presence of a servant, use a comparison which might be injurious. For example: "Whatshisname behaves like a lackey." Great ladies in times gone by were scarcely so considerate, you might say, and I do know that there was indeed a duchess in the eighteenth century who was in the habit of sending her people to the Place de Grève at every execution, and she would say roughly, "Go to school!"
Nowadays we show greater care for human dignity and the righteous vulnerability of the small and humble; it is the honor of our era.
But nevertheless," he insisted, "the politeness of masters toward their servants must not degenerate into a base familiarity. For example, there is nothing quite so vulgar as listening to the gossip of one's servants.”
Anna Gavalda, Hunting and Gathering

Vincent H. O'Neil
“Like I said, I had a rough upbringing. A little kindness from a stranger goes a long way.”
Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“If you're only being kind when you find it convenient, that isn't consideration or compassion for others. There are people who need that compassion, even when you don't find it convenient.”
Scylla Grand

“Relationships endure when built on a foundation where both people consider each other’s wants.”
Scott Shumway, The Invisible Four-letter Word: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want in Life.

“To get closer to the things we want,
we must concurrently get away from
the things we don’t want.”
Scott Shumway, The Invisible Four-letter Word: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want in Life.