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 12
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
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
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
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
Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth. Jean-Paul Sartre French More Jean-Paul Sartre 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
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
Just think, if I had understood my lawyer and if he and I had communicated properly in January 1958, this whole history would have been entirely different . Gordon Gould American Physicist More Gordon Gould Quotes 0
If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined. Remy de Gourmont French Novelist More Remy de Gourmont Quotes 0
A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood. John Gray American Author More John Gray Quotes 0
Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us. George Grey New Zealander Leader More George Grey Quotes 0
A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows. George Gurdjieff Armenian Philosopher More George Gurdjieff Quotes 0
Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour. Tom Hanks Actor More Tom Hanks Quotes 0
Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me. Lyndon B. Johnson American President More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes 0
Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is the result of time calculation. Martin Heidegger German Philosopher More Martin Heidegger Quotes 0