Top 1200 Thoughtful People Quotes & Sayings

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.

If you're a thoughtful person, you won't want to be in people's faces all the time.

She is one of the nicest people I've ever met. No one is more thoughtful than Christine Bleakley.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

The thing with my workshops is, photography is a thoughtful process. In an atmosphere of fast photography, and generally thoughtless, quick, automatic photography, I think that there is an interest in the slowed down, thoughtful approach.

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.

I really have the good fortune that the actors who work with me on 'The Leftovers' are thoughtful, hard working, open people and generous people.

There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people

People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them.

I want to create this really smart, thoughtful podcast network where I do for young people what somebody did for me.

I like people to be authentic, thoughtful, and honest.

The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.

I've always believed that thoughtful people don't really take the tabloids seriously. They're basically a form of entertainment. I enjoy them as much as the next New Yorker.

The polls undoubtedly help to decide what people think, but their most important long-term influence may be on how people think. The interrogative process is very distinctly weighted against the asking of an intelligent question or the recording of a thoughtful answer.

I have been accused of being a Pollyanna, but I think there are plenty of people dealing with the darker side of human nature, and if I am going to write about people who are kind and generous and loving and thoughtful, so what? In my life I have met astonishingly good people.

Parliament has become so undermined it is almost unable to do the job that people expect of it. A glaring example is the budget bill, where there was no thoughtful debate or scrutiny of the legislation.

The kinder and the more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people.

Any individual decisions can be badly thought through, and yet be successful, or exceedingly well thought through, but be unsuccessful, because the recognized possibility of failure in fact occurs. But over time, more thoughtful decision-making will lead to better overall results, and more thoughtful decision-making can be encouraged by evaluating decisions on how well they were made rather than on outcome.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.

I've been so impressed with the kinds of thoughtful questions that I've gotten from young people, from Girl Scouts, from teenagers.

If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.

I want to be represented by people who are thoughtful, self-aware and collaborative. What would a system that elevated such people look like?

Thoughtful white people know they are inferior to black people.

When you become sufficiently expert in the state of the art, you stop picking ideas at random. You are thoughtful in how to select ideas and how to combine ideas. You are thoughtful about when you should be generating many ideas versus pruning down ideas.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.

America is dealing death, not only to people of other lands, but to its own people. So say the most thoughtful and passionate of our youth, from California to Connecticut.

Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was right to look doubtful. My head didn't work with words very well- at least not in this abstract, descriptive sort of way. Grace:"Sensitive" I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy" Grace:"Creative" Sam:"Dangerously emo" Grace:"Thoughtful" Sam:"Feng shui." I laughed so hard I snorted. Grace:"How did you get feng shui out of thoughtful?" Sam:"You know, because in feng shui, you arrange funiture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways.

All my kids' given names, the first names, are all from people in my life, and they have my husband's last name. And we were very thoughtful about it.

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.

Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.

I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. (suicide note)

I have been accused of being a Pollyanna, but I think there are plenty of people dealing with the darker side of human nature, and if I am going to write about people who are kind and generous and loving and thoughtful, so what?

A creative, thoughtful, and accomplished people such as the Jewish people should be known by what they have done and not by what has been done to them.

We are in a world where people are understanding that athletes and entertainers are citizens too. Some of us want to leverage our platform for good, and I want to be someone who is thoughtful and real about trying to influence people in a way that will lead to healthier communities and a better nation.

Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom.

Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under.

If there are people who treat me wrong, I either talk to them about it, or I don't talk to them anymore. It's been the most thoughtful and considerate thing I could do for myself and other people. I am going to try to do that forever.

Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you.

the more thoughtful you are of others, the more thoughtful they will be of you. The more you respect them, the more you will win their respect.

My heart gives thanks for empty moments given to dreams, and for thoughtful people who help those dreams come true

It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.

I mean everybody knows there's something wrong with the world and if you read left wing politicians or deconstructionists or thoughtful historians they will offer thoughtful critiques of our situation. But the question is, you know, the Tolstoyian question; 'What is to be done?'

Ideally, our rules should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary helpful kind thoughtful person doesn't really even need to know the rules. You just get to work, do something fun, and nobody hassles you as long as you are being thoughtful and kind.

We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate.

There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to be done.

There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old's.

I felt Facebook had a lot of what I appreciated about government - being around a collection of really bright, thoughtful people motivated to have a positive impact.

Actors are easy to like. They are generally sociable, thoughtful people.

In recent times no problem has been more puzzling to thoughtful people than why, in a troubled world, we make such poor use of our affluence.

I am blessed to count among my friends and colleagues people who are very thoughtful and who deeply care about our country.

Like most thoughtful people who watch what's going on in Washington, venting is very necessary.

There is no war on women. Women are doing well. But women are thoughtful. And what we in the Republican Party and across the country, Republican, Independents and Democrat women say is we're more thoughtful than a label. We care about jobs and the economy and healthcare and education. We care about a lot of different things.

Yes, I realize when I'm reaching out to people and asking them to talk about the most traumatic thing to happen in their lives, I have to be really sensitive and thoughtful.

Where can you look in your daily life and find ways to do it better, to be more thoughtful of the Earth, to be more thoughtful of people?

Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.

It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.

I try to be thoughtful when I speak but not edited. I make mistakes, but people like vulnerability.

Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.