Attentive
Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
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Attentive Quotations
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.
Alexander Pope
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
Thomas Merton
There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.
Margaret J. Wheatley
Humility is attentive patience.
Simone Weil
Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world.
Ryszard Kapuscinski
And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.
Camille Paglia
Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.
Thornton Wilder
As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.
David Brainerd
I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you things, I would have been a little more attentive.
Diane Cilento
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.
Mary Antin
Attentive Translations
attentive in Dutch is aandachtig, attent, oplettend
attentive in Finnish is tarkkaavainen
attentive in French is attentif
attentive in German is aufmerksam, aufmerksam
attentive in Hungarian is figyelmes
attentive in Italian is attento
attentive in Latin is officiosus, attentus
attentive in Spanish is alercta, atento
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