#thoughtful

Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree? ↗

— Andrew Ashling

#politeness #thoughtfulness #life

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

— Sophocles

#consideration #pride #thoughtfulness #men

Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#thoughtful #water #nature

Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#religion

Married women are far more depressed than married men -- in unhappy marriages, three times more; and -- interestingly -- in happy marriages, five times more. In truth, it is men who are thriving in marriage, now as always, and who show symptoms of psychological and physical distress outside it. Not only their emotional well-being but their very lives, some studies say, depend on being married! ↗

— Dalma Heyn

#depression #love #marriage #relationships #social-science

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#progress #thoughtful #thought

Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them. ↗

— Patrick Ness

#libraries #thoughtful #inspirational

You have only one life, make the most of it ↗

— Louis Sachar

#life

I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#also #america #books #children #entertaining

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring. ↗

— Prince William

#genuine #guiding #honest #life #principles