Listen Quotes - Page 2

I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak.

When I turn down the volume, it's amazing how much I can actually hear.

Their song reminds me of a child’s neighborhood rallying cry—ee-ock-ee—with a heartfelt warble at the end. But it is their call that is especially endearing. The towhee has the brass and grace to call, simply and clearly, "tweet". I know of no other bird that stoops to literal tweeting.

Annie Dillard

Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each living thing in the meadow and forest.

Terry Tempest Williams

God is the story nature tells to those who are listening.

Steve Maraboli

It's important to tell your story. It's important to listen.

Francesca Lia Block

Let go of your mind and then be mindful.Close your ears and listen!

Jalaluddin Rumi

God has given you two ears--that should tell you something about the importance of listening.

Jim George

If you don't know the question, you are not ready for the answer.

Vivian Amis

One of the benchmarks of great communicators is their ability to listen not just to what's being said, but to what's not being said as well. They listen between the lines.

Laurie Buchanan

Astrid had gone to look at the burn zone. Doing the right thing.Kids had yelled at her. Demanded to know why she had let it happen. Demanded to know where Sam was. Deluged her with complaints and worries and crazy theories until she had retreated.She’d hidden out after that. She’d refused to answer the door when kids knocked. She had not gone to her office. It would be the same there.But through the day it had eaten at her. This feeling of uselessness. A feeling of uselessness made so much worse by the growing realization that she needed Sam. Not because they were up against some threat. The threat was mostly past now.She needed Sam because no one had any respect for her. There was only one person right now who could get a crowd of anxious kids to settle down and do what needed to be done.She had wanted to believe that she could do that. But she had tried. And they hadn’t listened.But Sam was still nowhere to be seen. So despite everything it was still on her shoulders. The thought of it made her sick. It made her want to scream.

Michael Grant

The practice of deep listening is the practice of open inquiry, without assumption or judgement.

Sharon Weil

When you tell your story, and I listen, we both gain.

Brent M. Jones

You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.

Lloyd Alexander

Listening to a book and in the same time playing chess is one of the best decision ever made.

Deyth Banger

Respect emotion!!!It is always valid.Don't just HEAR but LISTEN not with your demon

Napz Cherub Pellazo

You’re going to listen to me, and for once you’re going to hear what I say and not read between lines that aren’t there.

Genna Rulon

I would like to sing someone to sleep,to sit beside someone and be there.I would like to rock you and sing softlyand go with you to and from sleep.I would like to be the one in the housewho knew: The night was cold.And I would like to listen in and listen outinto you, into the world, into the woods.The clocks shout to one another striking,and one sees to the bottom of time.And down below one last, strange man walks byand rouses a strange dog.And after that comes silence.I have laid my eyes upon you wide;and they hold you gently and let you gowhen something stirs in the dark.

Rainer Maria Rilke

the unexpected action of deep listening can create a space of transformation capable of shattering complacency and despair.

Terry Tempest Williams

Silence: the motor drive of nothingness underneath all rhythm - threatened to last forever, a spell of sleep cast over the entire kingdom of listeners.

Richard Powers

When the word is heard consult the source, and beware the messenger.

T.F. Hodge

The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.

Criss Jami

we are too busy listening to our thoughts that we don't hear the wonderful sounds surrounding us...

Alina Radoi

Better ignore it than halfheartedly listen!

Toba Beta

Truth speaks for itself if we’d just let it speak.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

It takes patience to make a man - the patience to listen, watch and wait.

Ogwo David Emenike

God told us to love everyone. However, when you don’t like someone then you need to walk away and focus not on him or her, but the hatred you’re harboring. Otherwise, you will allow your piety to take over. Before you know it, you’re using the gospel as a sword to slice other religious people apart, which have offended you. From your point of helplessness, it will be is easy to recruit people that will mistake your kindness as righteousness, when in reality it is a hidden agenda to humiliate through the words of Christ. This game is so often used by women in the Christian faith, that it is the number one reason why many people become inactive. It is a silent, unspoken hypocrisy that is inconsistent with the teachings of the gospel. If you choose not to like someone, then avoid them. If you wish to love them, the only way to overcome your frustrations is through empathy, prayer, forgiveness and allowing yourself time to heal through distance. Try focusing on what you share as sisters in the gospel, rather than the negative aspects you dislike about that person.

Shannon L. Alder

Anyone can plot a course with a map or compass; but without a sense of who you are, you will never know if you're already home.

Shannon L. Alder

Those who seek to listen to their own inner voice forget to listen to the judgment of others.

Vironika Tugaleva

When you listen to your spouse, you are communicating non verbally that they are important to you.

Jim George

On the way home Mary Lou said, "Some things are so sad you can't say them." But I pretended not to hear.

Joyce Carol Oates

There, in the silence that's never quite silent, I realized that, if there are at least seven thousand wants to speak, there are at least seven thousand ways to listen.

Mark Nepo

To start speaking my language start reading what I read... start reading what I have written. Listen to what I have listened.

Deyth Banger

I was born with the ability to see in metaphor.

Mark Nepo

A leader first tries to listen, then tries to understand, then creates a common vision and then together takes action for the realization.

Debasish Mridha

The most valuable action to perform when loving someone is to beautifully and silently listen.

Angie karan

Dining at the rare reasonTo get between the circumstanceAnd start milking the Caesars For what enters the earsAnd is for their eyes to air and advise.

Initially NO

The key to good listening isn't technique, it's desire. Until we truly want to understand the other person, we'll never listen well.

Steve Goodier

The major dilemma is that we tend to listen to reply, while all we should do is: listen to understand and feel.

Akilnathan Logeswaran

So grateful for those who truly love me... they hear everything I don't say.

Steve Maraboli

The survivor spoke to us though, or tried to. Mumbling through that matted brown beard of his, pale as death itself. I can’t say now if it was weakness from his wounds or what it was – but we struggled to understand him. In fact we got nothing intelligible from him at all then. He seemed afraid, like any dying man probably would be, but he did seem more terrified than any dying man I’ve seen before – and I’ve seen a few in my time. Let me tell you, Corsair or not, he grabbed whatever hand would hold his, and clenched it so tight his knuckles turned white! He kept fading out as we carried him on the stretcher board the medics brought with them. Looking back, I think he tried to warn us, poor bastard. He tried to tell us to leave him behind and go, but we wouldn’t listen. We thought we were better than the Corsairs, remember? We thought we would be all moral and upright and try to help him. ‘Don’t say I didn’t warn you.’ were the last words he said before losing consciousness. At least, those that we could make out. At the end of it all, he was right – as it turned out, we couldn’t even help ourselves.

Christina Engela

Ask with Confidence, listen with humility.

Charlie Van Hecke

Real loved one's aren't afraid, and will suggest to you, what's in your best interest... because they wouldn't want too see you suffer the consequences of your, sideways, emotional impulse(s). To see you crash and burn is the gratification of [the] 'yes folk' lurking in your corner. You may not agree, but always consider the voice(s) that have consistently kept it real.

T.F. Hodge

Listening to intuition is similar to watching wind wiggle a pond. Allow the ripples to move you where you need to be.

Soul Dancer

Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self. Live and die with it 'cause in the end it’s all you have. Lose it and you lose yourself and everything else. I should have listened to myself.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Try to forgive by trying to understand how it would feel to be in the other’s shoes. If someone hurts you – ask them - “What hurts you so much that you would do this?” Listen to the answer and try to understand what is valid for them. They may have been fighting for your attention, but no one thinks of themselves as attackers, only defenders! So don’t judge their ways, only set them free by giving them a chance to speak. You may both learn a lot from your kindness and courage in asking for the truth. But even if nothing changes, release it, remember that you both have a right to be who you choose to be. When we make judgements we're inevitably acting on limited knowledge, so ask if you seek to understand, or simply let them be!

Jay Woodman

An intelligent person is eager to speak, but a wise person is eager to listen.

Debasish Mridha M.D.

I never argue with a person; with love, I listen in deep silence.

Debasish Mridha

So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.

Thich Nhat Hanh

It is impossible to experience a person’s life, or to be compassionate, if you do not listen to the person or if you do not ask questions.

James Martin

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. (attr to J. Isham)

Sura Hart

Go become someone's miracle! There's healing in your hand, in your voice, in your heart, in your eyes! YOU ARE A HEALER! You have the power to love, to accept, to encourage, to lift someone's spirit, to hug, to help, to listen, to care!! YOU ARE A MIRACLE!

Abhishek Kumar

Love is inaudible—until you hear it. And once you do, you’ll never forget the sound of her voice.

Dark Jar Tin Zoo

Keep away from people who always try to stop you from sharing your opinions with the entire world. Don't listen to people who mock you because you talked about who you want to be! Exposed yourself!

Israelmore Ayivor

Beware; satan visits you by the noises of negatively minded people. Hear, but don't act on it!

Israelmore Ayivor

Smile, ask, listen, provide, thank" then "take time out to have fun & renew yourself" but "always dream up more questions". - Julia Woodman

Jay Woodman

God doesn’t give us pain to make us strong. He gives us strength to look inside ourselves and realize we are not innocent victims. When you learn humility, you are no longer a victim because a humble man is not self-absorbed. He seeks to understand why people are hurting him and takes responsibility for his part in their grief. Humility doesn’t dwell with anger or pride, and neither does God.

Shannon L. Alder

It's risky most of the time, but its better to listen to your heart.

Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.

Israelmore Ayivor

Don’t be too quick to accept every direction from friends. Watch closely what your hear before your apply.

Israelmore Ayivor

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