Quotes about Understanding
Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.
— Athanasius of Alexandria
In the end, an impatience with the Word of God can be explained only by an impatience with God. We all, both individually and congregationally, neglect God's Word to our own ruin.
— Albert Mohler
I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.
— Amy Grant
The people are hungry for the bread of life. Do not offer them a stone.
— Ellen White
We're not always going to understand why something happens. True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense.
— Joel Osteen
You live life looking forward, you understand life looking backward.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Life is our dictionary.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it.
— Frederick Buechner
Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
— George Bernard Shaw
My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.
— Edward Brooke
The only thing that really teaches one what life's about the joy of understanding, the joy of coming in contact with what life really signifies - is suffering, affliction.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
— Philip James Bailey