Definition of Considerate

Considerate

Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other.

Having respect to; regardful.

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Considerate Quotations

When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love.
Mortimer Adler

James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity.
Brigitte Bardot

The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
Finley Peter Dunne

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.
Thomas J. Watson

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.
Elihu Root

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Salmon P. Chase

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.
David Seabury

Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do?
Maxim Gorky

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.
Elle Macpherson

I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.
Richard O'Brien

They were very considerate, I must say. Every time I felt I was about to slip out of these fingers and would yell for help, they'd let me down and re-organize things.
Fay Wray

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.
Frederick William Robertson

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.
John Lithgow

I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
Barry Williams

Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people.
Ron Moody

I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful.
Cole Younger

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.
Malcolm Cowley

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.
Jef Raskin

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
Marian Wright Edelman

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Considerate Translations

considerate in Hungarian is tapintatos, figyelmes
considerate in Norwegian is hensynsfull
considerate in Spanish is considerado

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