Quotes about Understanding

When people talk, listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out, know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling. Try that for practice.

Look with your heart and not with your eyes. The heart understands. The heart never lies. Believe what it feels, and trust what it shows. Look with your heart; the heart always knows. Love is not always beautiful, not at the start. But open your arms, and close your eyes tight. Look with your heart and when it finds love, your heart will be right.

Those who are critical of my goals and dreams simply do not understand the higher purpose to which I have been called.

Little things do matter. Sometimes, little things matter the most. Everybody pays a lot of attention to big things, but nobody seems to understand that big things are almost always made up of little things. When you ignore little things, they often turn into big things that have become a lot harder to handle.

When a person says, "What I believe is just as valid as anything you or anyone else believes," recognize the statement for what it is: a declaration that is not only childish and untrue but also easily refuted. Mature people understand that while they are entitled to their own opinions, they are not entitled to their own facts.

THE SECOND DECISION FOR SUCCESS: I will seek wisdom.

If it is correct that "you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free," then is it possible that if you don't know the truth, its absence can place you in bondage?

But I do believe that the more sand that has fallen from the hourglass of our lives, the clearer we should be able to see through it.

I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit. I will forgive even those who do not ask for forgiveness.

When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

Preaching is not talking to people about the Bible; it is talking to people about themselves from the Bible.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.