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Quotes about Understanding

Well-wrought poems and works of imaginative literature can do for us what stone-cold prose can never do. They can help us grasp the full dimension of ways of life other than our own.
— James Sire
Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.
— Janette Oke
Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.
— Janette Oke
The further away you are from something, the fuzzier it becomes.
— Jason Fried
Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.
— Jason Fried
How should you keep track of what customers want? Don't. Listen, but then forget what people said. Seriously. There's no need for a spreadsheet, database, or filing system. The requests that really matter are the ones you'll hear over and over. After a while, you won't be able to forget them. Your customers will be your memory. They'll keep reminding you. They'll show you which things you truly need to worry about.
— Jason Fried
When you just copy and paste, you miss that. You just repurpose the last layer instead of understanding all the layers underneath.
— Jason Fried
A lot of companies have a similar front-of-house/back-of-house split. The people who make the product work in the "kitchen" while support handles the customers. Unfortunately, that means the product's chefs never get to directly hear what customers are saying. Too bad. Listening to customers is the best way to get in tune with a product's strengths and weaknesses.
— Jason Fried
People more often need to be reminded than informed.
— Samuel Johnson
Gaining understanding is an important first step in effective prayer. An inner prompting will alert you to something your mind does not quite comprehend. At these times just ask the Lord to help you know how He wants you to pray.
— Dutch Sheets
The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
All those who seek truth, seek God, whether this is clear to them or not.
— Edith Stein