Quotes About Understanding

we need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments

Being heard and understood is "one of the greatest desires of the human heart.

Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.

slowing down your responses and becoming a better listeners aids you in becoming a more peaceful person

Your job is to try to determine what the people in your life are trying to teach you. You'll find that if you do this, you'll be far less annoyed, bothered, and frustrated by the actions and imperfections of other people.

You'll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be "right," they will become less defensive and more loving toward you.

Change the things that can be changed, accept those that cannot, and have the wisdom to know the difference.

Seeking first to understand isn't about who's right or wrong; it is a philosophy of effective communication.

If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy.

Most of us spend too much time wishing that people would be other than they are.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. And those who learn to listen are the most loved and respected.

Without getting too psychoanalytical about it, the reason we are tempted to put others down, correct them, or show them how we're right and they're wrong is that our ego mistakenly believes that if we point out how someone else is wrong, we must be right, and therefore we will feel better.

speaking, as your level of understanding rises, you will have the experience of deeper feelings such as gratitude, calmness, peace, hope, and joy.

Accepting people's quirks or flaws doesn't just take changing them off your to-do list—it also gives you the time and energy to change the things you can.

If we all based our love on our children's behavior, it would often be difficult to love them at all. If love were based purely on behavior, then perhaps none of us would ever have been loved as a teenager!

when you judge someone else or their opinion, it really doesn't say anything about the other person, but it says quite a bit about your need to be judgmental.

The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be.

The next time someone tells you a story or shares an accomplishment with you, notice your tendency to say something about yourself in response.

When you hurry someone along, interrupt someone, or finish his or her sentence, you have to keep track not only of your own thoughts but of those of the person you are interrupting

Patience adds a dimension of ease and acceptance to your life.

Instinct is no match for reason.

One of the cold hard truths that men need to get used to, is that, whenever someone has a problem with facts, the problem isn't with the facts.

The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.