Quotes about Understanding

want a pain I understand instead of the one I don't. I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.

Tightening my fingers, I held on. "Honey, the farther you go in life, the more you realize that most people aren't trying to hurt anybody. They're just trying to . . . get by. People don't always make the right decisions—even the people we love. I know Jake loves us. He's just trying to . . . find his way right now.

What can't be understood and neatly sewn up must simply be let go, not in the way of giving up, but in the way of understanding who is really in control of it.

Hardship finds its way into every life. It's just much easier to see our own than other people's.

Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see.

Guidance is first of all a relationship with the Guide.

This is what hearing God is all about, isn't it, Loren? Getting to know Him better.

He explains the true character of the God of love and reassures us that ultimate power on earth will be good, not evil. It is through God and his Son that I strive to understand the world in which we live.

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Don't take things personally. Everything's not all about you.

The best way to have the last word is to apologize.