The way Americans understand and treat other peoples almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble.
I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
The sight of her made him understand why he'd lost his faith in God.
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.
This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life.
We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.
Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.
To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.
I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.
Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.
I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.
People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
My family understands the pain of struggling with a loved one who's suffering from a blood-related cancer, and we seek to support those who are working to find a cure.
You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it.
If you work for and eventually lead a company, understand that companies have multiple stakeholders including employees, customers, business partners and the communities within which they operate.
People need to understand how exponential technologies are impacting the business landscape. They need to do some future-casting and look at how industries are evolving and being transformed.
After 25 years in business, Mitt Romney understands how jobs come and go, and what we need to do to get our economy back on track.
I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.