Margaret Chase Smith Quotes

There's not a problem we have that we can't talk out. We can't shout it out.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.

Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.

It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

There's always a way to talk.

When you talk, you only talk about something that you already know. But when you listen, you can learn something you don’t know.

If You are a man who leads, calmly hear the speech of one who pleads, (and) do not stop him from purging his body of that which he planned to tell.

If you want to improve a relationship, it's not that you demand your spouse to change. You have to ask, 'Where did I fail in this relationship?'

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

People don't listen to each other anymore, and I think that's why people get offended or their feelings get hurt: because you're not actually listening to the person that's giving you signals they're upset.

Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.

What I've really learned is to be open to listen to other people's opinions and then question my own thoughts. And learn how to talk to people. The biggest gift from having one of these moments is that it gets people talking.

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.

But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do - it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.

Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate.

Life with another person is always difficult.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you're frustrated. It's most important to talk things through together. And that, for me, has been the way I've best resolved problems in the past.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.