Victoria Osteen Quotes

You have to walk in the other guy's moccasins. You have to think what they think. If you want to bring somebody onto your side, you have to figure out what motivates them. What do they need?

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

Understand one another.

Other people have to understand where we are coming from, including our allies. Our allies have taken advantage of us.

To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.

I give everyone upmost respect, and when people feel that, you end up getting the most out of your interaction with them. That connectivity is really important in my life.

Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

You always have to come from the element of 'What do you have in common?' first. It makes it easier to work through your differences.

It's important to have frank discussions about what the other wants. To be in a relationship that is like a little lifetime, that's a challenge.

I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they play for, things they like to do in their spare time, you're around their families, I think you're kind of able to kind of coexist more when you have a relationship.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

Communication is important, and when you have an understanding with someone on the pitch, it is the most important thing.

A coach must be at one with his players.

Engagement is always better then disengagement. If we don't talk, somebody else will.

I've always found that if you listen to people you can find common ground.

The work is the understanding of the people that you're speaking for. The further you get away from that, the further you are from the work.

Unless you listen, people are weazened in your presence; they become about a third of themselves. Unless you listen, you can't know anybody. Oh, you will know facts and what is in the newspapers and all of history, perhaps, but you will not know one single person. You know, I have come to think listening is love, that's what it really is.

The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.

I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.