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Use Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that enable us to…
- In nonviolent communication, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and requests. Then we…
- Use anger as a wake-up call to unmet needs.
- We use NVC to evaluate ourselves in ways that engender growth rather than self-hatred.
- The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking.
- The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change.
- The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to the beauty within…
- Use the words "I feel because I" to remind us that what we feel it isn't because of what the other person did, but because…
- When we make mistakes, we can use the process of NVC mourning and self-forgiveness to show us where we can grow instead of getting caught…
- There are the two main reasons we don't get our needs met. First, we don't know how to express our needs to begin with and…
- Some people use NVC to respond compassionately to themselves, some to create greater depth in their personal relationships, and still others to build effective relationships…
- When we express our needs indirectly through the use of evaluations, interpretations, and images, others are likely to hear criticism. When people hear anything that…
- If we want to be compassionate we must be conscious of the words we use. We must both speak and listen from the heart.
More Use Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses… — Frank Abagnale
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and… — Mary Astell
- Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use,… — Rowan Atkinson
- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes,… — David Attenborough
- People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. — Margaret Atwood
- Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other… — Margaret Atwood