Quotes about Understanding

I kept asking Him to say it again, but He wouldn't. I guess it's because I heard Him the first time, you know.

I think that's why so many couples fight, because they want their partners to validate them and affirm them, and if they don't get that, they feel as though they're going to die. And so they lash out. But it's a terrible thing to wake up and realize the person you just finished crucifying wasn't Jesus.

I made a single decision early on. I decided I wouldn't judge my kids. No matter what they told me, I wouldn't judge them. I might have to discipline them, but I wouldn't make them feel like lesser people for their mistakes. And because of that, they learned to trust me with their deepest thoughts... We taught them the basics early. But the older they got, the more I listened without judgment as they figured out how to apply wisdom in their own lives. And they've turned out well.

I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility.

God made me, He knows me, He understands me, and He wants community.

It's funny what happens to you when part of your heart gets born inside somebody else.

It seems like, if you really knew the God who understands the physics of our existence, you would operate a little more cautiously, a little more compassionately, a little less like you are the center of the universe.

When we demonstrate empathy and authority, our customer instantly recognizes we are the person who can help them win the day.

You should enlighten your customers about how your product works to solve their problem.

If we want to connect with customers, we have to stop blasting them with noise.

Perhaps if we stop reducing the text to formulas for personal growth, we can read it as stories of imperfect humans having relations with a perfect God and come to understand the obvious message He is communicating to mankind.

Rushed relationships are not healthy.