Quotes about Understanding
His genius was belowThe skill of ev'ry common beau;Who, tho' he cannot spell, is wiseEnough to read a lady's eyes;And will each accidental glanceInterpret for a kind advance.Swift'sMiscell.
— Samuel Johnson
ACCIPIENT (ACCI'PIENT) n.s.[accipiens, Lat.] A receiver, perhaps sometimes used for recipient.Dict.
— Samuel Johnson
To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions that there is something odd in suffering so deeply. There would be something amiss if we didn't.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Driven by petty ambition, we serve only ourselves. St. Josemaria put it well: "Those who are 'ambitious,' with small, personal, miserable ambitions, cannot understand that the friends of God should seek to achieve something through a spirit of service and without such'ambition.' " We should never confuse Christian humility and modesty with a will to underachieve.
— Scott Hahn
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— Scott Hahn
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart
— John Adams
We don't want to merely obey God: we need to catch His heart. It is then we will glimpse the wisdom behind His directives, and not just see them as laws.
— John Bevere
The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.
— John Maxwell
Relational skills are the most important abilities in leadership.
— John Maxwell
My mom once told me, back when I was a kid, that I would never understand girls unless I understood the fear of being lonely and alone. She said no girl would ever understand boys unless she understood the fear of being dishonored and defeated.
— John C. Wright
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.
— John Calvin
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
— John Calvin