Quotes About Understanding

Accepting him, I find, is the best way to tame him.

Feelings of dissatisfaction are the language that your needs use to communicate with you.

In my negotiation experience, I've long noticed that the cheapest concession you can make, the one that costs you the least and yields the most, is to give respect.

How can we get what we truly want while satisfying the needs and concerns of others in our lives—family members, work colleagues, clients, and others?

5. Respect Them Even If. Are you feeling any antagonism toward anyone? What is it like to be in their shoes? Even if they are not showing you respect, can you still respect them? 6. Give and Receive. Do you feel a fear of scarcity in any situation you are currently facing? What will it take for you to change the game from taking to giving, from win-lose to win-win-win?

Instead of attacking, focused on taking away the stick.

If, however, you would like to see the behavior change, it is more effective not to attack the person outright but to focus hard on the problematic behavior.

Instead of telling your friend, "I'm not going with you to the game," say, "I'll catch you after the game." In other words, put your focus on the positive while creating the boundary you need.

If you open a door, however, as Diane Nash did with her persistent questions, you offer the other a way out and all your power can be deployed in persuading them to take it. In short, rather than working to frustrate the other, focus on redirecting their attention to a positive outcome.

You can empathize without sympathizing.

Lutar com dureza na negocição de questões substantivas aumenta a pressão para que se encontre uma solução eficaz. Apoiar os seres humanos do outro lado tende a melhorar o seu relacionamento e aumentar as chances de se chegar a um entendimento. É a combinação de apoio e ataque que funciona; uma coisa sem a outra será insuficiente.

Discutir com base em posições ameaça o relacionamento.

There is something I want you to see. Something related to what I was saying about the propensity of human beings to prejudge others and then cling to that prejudice no matter how wrongheaded it may be."     The

Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop Than when we soar.

you love your people but you don't understand them. They find God in each other. And when they lose each other, they lose God and they're lost. And it's hard to help them

People have been trying to understand dogs ever since the beginning of time. One never knows what they'll do. You can read every day where a dog saved the life of a drowning child, or lay down his life for his master. Some people call this loyalty. I don't. I may be wrong, but I call it love-the deepest kind of love.

women are a little different than men.

It was then I realized it was all too perfect.

I'd been living around Mama for fourteen years; and a boy can learn a lot about his mama in that length of time.

Grandpa," I asked, "what good's it going to do us, knowing his name?" "It might do a lot of good," Grandpa said. "This trainer says that if you could make friends with that monkey he would probably do anything you wanted him to do." "Make friends with him!" I said. "Grandpa, I don't

I know," said Papa. "It's all right with me, but

The Stationmaster, sensing something more than just two dogs and a boy, waited in silence.

Men," said Mr. Kyle, "people have been trying to understand dogs ever since the beginning of time. One never knows what they'll do. You can read every day where a dog saved the life of a drowning child, or lay down his life for his master. Some people call this loyalty. I don't. I may be wrong, but I call it love—the deepest kind of love.

laid his head in my hand. I almost cried at what I saw. His coat was dirty and mud-caked. His skin was