Quotes about Understanding
I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.
- Frank Sinatra
Men need rule books. Women want men to intuit what they want. And only about 2% of men can do that, and most of them are not heterosexual.
- Dennis Prager
Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing.
- William Faulkner
A friend will know you better in the first minute they see you, than your acquaintance will in a thousand years.
- Anonymous
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.
- Anonymous
Love is taking a few steps backward (maybe even more)...to give way to the happiness of the person you love.
- Winnie the Pooh
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
The giving of love is an education in itself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts; then it is real and pure.
- Mother Teresa
The person you're meant to be with will never have to be chased, begged, or given an ultimatum.
- Mandy Hale
The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.
- Thomas Merton
The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another persons suffering and bring that person joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh