Quotes about Misunderstanding

Death is the last weapon of the tyrant, and the point of the resurrection, despite much misunderstanding, is that death has been defeated. Resurrection is not the redescription of death; it is its overthrow and, with that, the overthrow of those whose power depends on it. Despite

He was not the king they expected.

Dizzy," I said, "it's Animals taking revenge on people." Dizzy always believes me, but this time he wasn't listening.

In a post-Christian era many of our friends, neighbors, and colleague will reject God for a score of reasons, but we must live and speak that they reject God for God's sake and not because of what we have said or done that has framed God wrongly.

If a person does not trust another, they will not be vulnerable and transparent and the possibility of misunderstanding and misinterpretation increases. Low trust situations weaken the connection between what we feel and what we say. Other team members pick up on this lack of trust on their intuitive radar screens, raise their defensive shields, and respond in kind. Trust and communication spiral down together.

“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk