Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Helen Keller American Author More Helen Keller Quotes 66
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side. Zig Ziglar American Author More Zig Ziglar Quotes 11
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard Danish Philosopher More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes 5
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. C. Wright Mills American Sociologist More C. Wright Mills Quotes 2
I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family. Ethel Waters American Musician More Ethel Waters Quotes 2
There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. Robert Louis Stevenson Scottish Writer More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes 2
The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children. Mahatma Gandhi Indian Philosopher More Mahatma Gandhi Quotes 2
I've honestly never understood where the problem lies within this debate, ... Science simply explains the work of God. For those who can put faith in God without question, (creationism) is for them. For those that need physical proof, evolution works for them. Robert Summers More Robert Summers Quotes 1
I am very happy that people have understood our desire to develop this design beyond the ideas we first presented. Now we have taken everything a step further, in order to connect this building to the city around it. Santiago Calatrava More Santiago Calatrava Quotes 1
The teachers? union fully understood our budget. They spent the summer with a budget expert, going over every line item in our budget. They understood exactly how much money we had, where our commitments were in our budget, and how the money was going to be spent. It was unrelated. The loan was a way that teachers could contribute to the district?s financial improvement, without having to take a permanent pay cut. We would never take a loan from our teachers to give it to another union. That is totally ridiculous. William Coleman More William Coleman Quotes 1
Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood -- never. Albert Camus French Novelist More Albert Camus Quotes 1
As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in. Benny Goodman American Musician More Benny Goodman Quotes 1
I would love to have a bike path. But my feeling is that the town may not have understood how small these properties are. Christina Smith More Christina Smith Quotes 1
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. Joseph Campbell American Author More Joseph Campbell Quotes 1
Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed. Frank Capra American Director More Frank Capra Quotes 0
Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never. Albert Camus French Philosopher More Albert Camus Quotes 0
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood. Clarence Darrow American Lawyer More Clarence Darrow Quotes 0
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. Paul Eldridge American Educator More Paul Eldridge Quotes 0
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T. S. Eliot American Poet More T. S. Eliot Quotes 0
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. Black Elk Leader More Black Elk Quotes 0
I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see. Black Elk Leader More Black Elk Quotes 0
I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing. John Fahey American Musician More John Fahey Quotes 0
I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately. Peter Falk American Actor More Peter Falk Quotes 0