Sayings about Understanding
Only a monkey understands a monkey. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverb
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three. ~ Chinese Proverb
Tell me, I’ll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I’ll understand. ~ Chinese Proverb
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. ~ Traditional Proverb
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding. ~ Chinese Proverb
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~ Chinese Proverb
Of the good we have an understanding, for fools we keep a stick upstairs. ~ Mongolian Proverb
We admire what we do not understand. ~ Indian Proverb
When you begin to understand the situation, you know you must have been ill-informed. ~ Indonesian Proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~ Zen Proverb
Setting the conditions before you make an agreement is better than having an argument in the middle of the work. ~ Yemenese Proverb
The wise understand; fools follow the reports of others. ~ Tibetan Proverb
If you want to understand men, study women. ~ French Proverb
When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding. ~ Chinese Proverb
The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand. ~ Chinese Proverb
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding. ~ Yiddish Proverb
If you don’t understand it with a wink, you certainly will with a blow. ~ Moroccan Proverbs
One woman understands another. ~ Irish Proverbs
No matter how much care is taken, someone will always be misled. ~ Burmese Proverb
A mother understands what a child does not say. ~ Jewish Proverb
Only he who understands is really sad. ~ Arabian Proverb
Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work. ~ Indian Proverbs
When people only talk about things they understand then a great silence will descend upon the world. ~ Chinese Proverb
When you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Love understands all languages. ~ Romanian Proverbs
The best candle is understanding. ~ Welsh Proverbs
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. ~ German Proverbs
A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Quotations about Understanding
If you would judge, understand. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. ~ Albert Camus
In youth we learn; in age we understand. ~ Marie E. Eschenbach
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; not to realize that you do not understand is a defect. ~ Lao Tzu
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. ~ George Bernard Shaw
I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way – by rote, or something. Their knowledge is so fragile! ~ Richard P. Feynman
‘Tis better to understand, than to be understood. ~ Prayer of St. Frances
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. ~ Harper Lee
I don’t understand you. You don’t understand me. What else do we have in common? ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. ~ Tony Robbins
The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. ~ John Ruskin
To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman. ~ John Stuart Mill
We can sometimes love what we do not understand, but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love. ~ Anna Jameson
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. ~ Upton Sinclair
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. ~ Sir James M. Barrie
Courage is just fear plus prayers plus understanding. ~ Eddie Albert
None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone’s help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you. ~ Harvey Mackay
Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. ~ Count Leo Tolstoy
I’ll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future. ~ LaToya Jackson
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. ~ Minna Antrim
To understand the world one must not be worrying about one’s self. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. ~ Helen Rowland
Use failures as stepping-stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement. ~ Author Unknown
If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else. ~ Nikki Giovanni
It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything. ~ Rene Coty
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. ~ Baruch Spinoza
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. ~ Baruch Benedict de Spinoza
When a man begins to understand himself he begins to live. When he begins to live he begins to understand his fellow men. ~ Norvin Mcgranahan
It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. ~ Henry Wheeler Shaw
The first time you meet someone, they’re a new acquaintance, the second time you have a bit of an understanding, and the third time you meet them, you’re old hats. ~ Kathryn Minshew
It is easier to understand a nation by listening to its music than by learning its language. ~ Author Unknown
It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control. ~ Oprah Winfrey
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely – the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
I understand people’s suffering, people’s pain, more than you will ever know yourself. ~ Princess of Wales Diana
Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding. ~ Diane Arbus
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. ~ Marcus Aurelius
Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. ~ William James
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. ~ Jane Austen
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. ~ Eric Hoffer
A person hears only what they understand. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unless we remember, we cannot understand. ~ Edward M. Forster
In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past. ~ Jo Coudert
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. ~ Clifford Stoll
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. ~ John Locke
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
I don’t understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones. ~ Richard Deupree
Some people will never learn anything well, because they understand everything too soon. ~ Author Unknown
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization. ~ Bo Bennett
There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. ~ Charles F. Kettering
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand. ~ Leszczynski Stanislaus
‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. ~ Alice Walker
Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question. ~ Author Unknown
The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself. ~ Thomas Kempis
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. ~ Phillips Brooks
To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We should strive to understand the weakness of others. ~ Ellen Gould White
Understanding brings control. ~ Author Unknown
Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. ~ Author Unknown
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. ~ Immanuel Kant
The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified. ~ Nikola Tesla
We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand. ~ Vernon Howard
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ~ Carl Jung
Take the time to understand and lend a gentle helping hand. ~ Author Unknown
Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it. ~ Michael J. Fox
Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail. ~ Henry Petroski
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ~ Pearl S. Buck
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. ~ Lao-Tzu
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. ~ Khalil Gibran Quotes
A man doesn’t learn to understand anything unless he loves it. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it. ~ Kurt Lewin
The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. ~ Elbert Hubbard
People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ~ Christopher Dawson
What we do not understand, we cannot control. ~ Charles Reich
Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live. ~ Hans-Georg Gadamer
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding. ~ Willie Dixon
We will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. ~ Author Unknown
They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained. ~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. ~ Oprah Winfrey
Understanding doesn’t mean agreement . ~ Author Unknown
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship. ~ Amelia Earhart
What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print. ~ Isadora Duncan
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. ~ Albert Einstein
