Understanding Quotes

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
-- Understanding Quotes by Albert Einstein

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
-- Understanding Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
-- Understanding Quotes by Stephen Hawking

What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary.
-- Understanding Quotes by Stephen Hawking

We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society. We are also a company that understands community.
-- Understanding Quotes by Magic Johnson

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
-- Understanding Quotes by Carl Jung

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.
-- Understanding Quotes by Carl Jung

Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.
-- Understanding Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
-- Understanding Quotes by Og Mandino

There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation and you gain a direct understanding of the real problems and potential solutions, which makes you a more informed giver.
-- Understanding Quotes by Michael Milken

Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa.
-- Understanding Quotes by Charlie Munger

I see, I forget. I hear, I remember. I do, I understand.
-- Understanding Quotes by Chinese Proverbs

Leaders are made, not born. You learn to become a leader by doing what other excellent leaders have done before you. You become proficient in your job or skill, and then you become proficient at understanding the motivations and behaviors of other people.
-- Understanding Quotes by Brian Tracy

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.
-- Understanding Quotes by Sun Tzu

An amazing thing, the human brain. Capable of understanding incredibly complex and intricate concepts. Yet at times unable to recognize the obvious and simple.
-- Understanding Quotes by Jay Abraham

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.
-- Understanding Quotes by Warren Buffett

Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions.. whether in the corporate or social sectors.. to advance their own interests.
-- Understanding Quotes by Jim Collins

I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it.
-- Understanding Quotes by Anderson Cooper

The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.
-- Understanding Quotes by Anderson Cooper

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
-- Understanding Quotes by Richard Dawkins

I doubt that religion can survive deep understanding. The shallows are its natural habitat. Cranks and fundamentalists are too often victimised as scapegoats for religion ingeneral. It is only quite recently that Christianity reinvented itself in non-fundamentalist guise, and Islam has yet to do so.
-- Understanding Quotes by Richard Dawkins