Definition of Thoughtful

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Thoughtful

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.

Anxious; solicitous; concerned.

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Thoughtful Quotations

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore Roosevelt

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

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.
John Ruskin

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.
Sandra Day O'Connor

Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way.
Tom Brokaw

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.
Peter Singer

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s.
Desiderius Erasmus

Thoughtful Translations

thoughtful in Dutch is nadenkend
thoughtful in Italian is pensieroso, guardingo
thoughtful in Portuguese is pensativo
thoughtful in Spanish is pensativo, sentado
thoughtful in Swedish is tankfull

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