Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man’s cruelty and baseness.

Bryant McGill

Tags: manners politeness courtesy consideration



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There is no greater evil than men's failure to consult and to consider.

Sophocles

Tags: character pride consideration thoughtfulness



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...you listen first with the ears - then, you wait and listen for what your heart feels - then you consider what they've said - then, you reply ...

John Geddes

Tags: heart listening consideration ears response



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Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by their own rules cannot make that sacrifice. They are the steady adherents of (global) conflict because they are forever fighting both themselves and others to do whatever they think that they want to do.

Criss Jami

Tags: love compassion peace god self-sacrifice selflessness humility bible selfishness subjectivity rules conflict fighting commandments sacrifice laws apologetics consideration dispute objectivity



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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

Francis Bacon

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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Robert Brault

Tags: truth kindness truthfulness truth-telling consideration kind



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We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb others in the middle of the night.

Judith Martin

Tags: humor manners children etiquette babies consideration infants



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