Quotes about Openness

As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.

Hear the other side.

A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman.

Heavenly Father, give me a vision of all You want to do in my life. Help me to not think too small, even when I pray. I want to be available to whatever You have for me and not limit Your blessings by being unprepared to receive them. Enlarge my heart and mind to understand how You can take what I have and expand it beyond what I can imagine.

We say to our children, "Act like grown-ups," but Jesus said to the grown-ups, "Be like children".

It often takes a tragedy to open our hearts, minds, and wills to the truth of God's Word.

I've never seen such a hunger in people for spiritual things... People realize the past is gone, the future is uncertain, and the present seems to be hopeless. As a result, many [in Moscow] were open to God.

By lifting our hands, however, we are indicating to the Lord that we want to open up our hearts and lives to his Holy Spirit. But this is one of the most difficult things for us to do.

It's important to have people who are absolutely willing to say you're wrong or who have a totally different perspective than you do on everything. Fresh ideas are hard to come by, and good ones are even harder.

I've tried my best to be transparent with everything I do. What you see is what you get.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth.