U Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with U. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Understand this, Glyndon, there’s nothing noble or tender about what I feel for you. It’s a violent volcano of obsession, possession, and deranged lust.
If you want love, then I do love you, but it’s the unorthodox version of love.
I love you enough to let you within my walls.
I love you enough to let you talk to my demons.
I love you enough to allow you to have a hold over me when I’ve never allowed anyone to have the power to destroy me from the inside out.”
Source: God of Malice
“Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.”
“Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.”
“Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.”
Source: The Law of Success: The 16 Secrets for Achieving Wealth & Prosperity
“Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.”
“Understand this: The Bible presents Christ. You have an inner sense of an indwelling Lord. You either have that or you do not. The man God needs will live in a vital, living relationship with Jesus Christ.”
“Understand this: we are both tiny and massive. We are nothing more than molded clay given breath, but we are nothing less than divine self-portraits, huffing and puffing along the mountain ranges of epic narrative arcs prepared for us by the Infinite Word Himself.”
Source: Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent
“Understand trees to understand humans.”
“Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, "You are a saint," the other, "You won't be saved." Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins.”
“Understand: we can never really experience what other people are experiencing. We always remain on the outside looking in, and this is the cause of so many misunderstandings and conflicts. But the primal source of human intelligence comes from the development of mirror neurons (see here), which gives us the ability to place ourselves in the skin of another and imagine their experience. Through continual exposure to people and by attempting to think inside them we can gain an increasing sense of their perspective, but this requires effort on our part. Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own beliefs and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware. When it comes to studying another culture, it is only through the use of our empathic powers and by participating in their lives that we can begin to overcome these natural projections and arrive at the reality of their experience. To do so we must overcome our great fear of the Other and the unfamiliarity of their ways. We must enter their belief and value systems, their guiding myths, their way of seeing the world. Slowly, the distorted lens through which we first viewed them starts to clear up.
Going deeper into their Otherness, feeling what they feel, we can discover what makes them different and learn about human nature. This applies to cultures, individuals, and even writers of books. As Nietzsche once wrote, “As soon as you feel yourself against me you have ceased to understand my position and consequently my arguments! You have to be the victim of the same passion.”
Source: Mastery
“Understand well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand.”
“Understand what you hate. And you'll hate no more.”
“Understand where it is you want to go. Then picture yourself there. If you can picture yourself there, then you can be there. Bottom line.”
“Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.”
“Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person.”
“Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.”
“Understand why you are different and how you help, recognise your target market, and give them something they might not even realise they are missing.”
“Understand why you need change, desire change and want to accomodate change.”
“Understand your audience and you will understand the impact of your message on each follower in your social media networks.”
“Understand your darkness and it will vanish; then you will know what light is. Understand your nightmare for what it is and it will stop; then you will wake up to reality. Understand your false beliefs and they will drop; then you will know the taste of happiness.”
Source: The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
“Understand your driving force, whether you're operating out of fear or love. When we operate in fear, we tend to hold back and not get the most from life. When we operate in love, we open new avenues and experience life more abundantly.”
Source: Sweet Destiny
“Understand your fears and then work to conquer them.”
“Understand your limitations and capitalize on them.”
“Understand your man, meditate on it.”
“Understand: your mind is weaker than your emotions. But you become aware of this weakness only in moments of adversity--precisely the time when
you need strength. What best equips you to cope with tthe heat of battle is neither more knowledge nor more
intellect. What makes your mind stronger, and more
able to control your emotions, is internal discipline
and toughness.
No one can teach you this skill; you cannot learn it by reading about it. Like any discipline, it can come only through practice, experience, even a little suffering.”
Source: The 33 Strategies Of War
“Understand: your mind is weaker than your emotions. But you become aware of this weakness only in moments of adversity--precisely the time when
you need strength. What best equips you to cope with tthe heat of battle is neither more knowledge nor more intellect. What makes your mind stronger, and more able to control your emotions, is internal discipline and toughness.No one can teach you this skill; you cannot learn it by reading about it. Like any discipline, it can come only through practice, experience, even a little suffering. The first step in building up presence of mind is to see the need for ii -- to want it badly enough to be willing to work for it.”
Source: The 33 Strategies Of War
“Understand your power. Live dangerously. Live fearlessly. Cower before no earthly master. Know yourself. Live truthfully. Live freely. Be yourself. Love yourself.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“Understand your purpose”
Source: No One Is Better Than You
“Understand your purpose and the belief-energy. Belief energy is the core of leadership and success. Design your belief energy for higher purpose and values. Belief energy can inspire and motivate you and others. Articulate, communicate and radiate your positive belief energy.”
Source: Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management
“Understand your rights and realize your vote value; it decides your prosperity. Thus, you are the real power, not the leaders; they enjoy their luxurious life on your taxes.”
“Understand your tax obligations: As a business owner, it's crucial to understand your tax responsibilities, including filing deadlines, tax payments, and record-keeping requirements.”
“Understand yourself, accept yourself, but do not be yourself.”
Source: The Dice Man
“Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.”
“Understand, I'll slip quietly away from the noisy crowd when I see the pale stars rising, blooming, over the oaks. I'll pursue solitary pathways through the pale twilit meadows with only this one dream: You come too.”
“Understand, it's never been easy to live,
when we're trying to escape ourselves.”
“Understand, my own politics aren't necessarily interchangeable with what any of my characters believe. You could take each of the characters in On the Ropes, and I'd probably be in sympathy with a different one on any given day, depending on what's going on in the world.”
“Understand, when you eat meat, that something did die. You have an obligation to value it - not just the sirloin but also all those wonderful tough little bits.”
“Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves.”
“Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.”
“Understand: people will constantly attack you in life. One of their main weapons will be to instill in you doubts about yourself – your worth, your abilities, your potential. They will often disguise this as their objective opinion, but invariably it has a political purpose – they want to keep you down.”
“Understand: the task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible--it's to dismantle those systems.”
Source: The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability
“Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.”
“Understandable, this all may be an illusion; yet my ambition remains steadfast - to be the most captivating mirage in the panorama.”
“Understandably she had a lot of suitors, just like any other girls in China with two arms and legs.”
Source: Shanghai Nobody
“Understandably, no peace can sustained when people continue to suffer from hunger, lack of jobs, lack of basic public services - and most of all - lack of opportunity or hope.”
“Understanding a character's fears is a critical part of understanding his/her psyche. The fears create desires, and the desires precipitate actions. These repetitive actions and predictable responses are the building blocks of great cinematic characters.”
Source: Will
“Understanding a metaphor is like deciphering a code or unraveling a riddle.”
“Understanding a people's culture exposes their normalness without reducing their particularity...It renders them accessible: setting them in the frame of their own banalities, it dissolves their opacity.”
“Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.”
Source: Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
“Understanding a person's hunger and responding to it is one of the most potent tools you'll ever discover for getting through to anyone you meet in business or your personal life.”
Source: Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone