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Need Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- We need empathy to give empathy. When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (a) stop, breathe, give ourselves empathy,…
- We need empathy to give empathy.
- We need to receive empathy to give empathy.
- The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them to hear my…
- Every message, regardless of form or content, is an expression of a need.
- Always listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us.
- Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value.
- The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change.
- If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table.
- NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.
- NVC suggests behind every action, however ineffective, tragic, violent, or abhorrent to us, is an attempt to meet a need.
- Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored.
- My need is for safety, fun and to have distribution of resources, a sustainable life on the planet. NVC is a strategy that serves me…
- Children need far more than basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as important as those might be. Children also need to learn how to…
- Every moment each human being is doing the best we know at that moment to meet our needs. We never do anything that is not…
- If I'm using Nonviolent Communication I never, never, never hear what somebody thinks about me. Never hear what somebody thinks about you, you'll live longer.…
- At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.
- Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
More Need Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. — Antonin Artaud
- Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot… — Rowan Atkinson