Quotes About Listening

the unlearned, the outcasts, and the simple flocked to Him. They listened with wide-open hearts, and many trusted in Him. Virtually all His miracles were reserved for these people.

When everything seems to be coming unglued, He whispers, "Stop. Be still. Listen to Me, and be sure that I can do anything that needs to be done.

James offers a different way: Hush up, listen carefully, ask questions, don't jump to conclusions, and put a lid on your anger so you don't ruin the moment and, perhaps, the relationship.

Memorize a simple strategy: Don't jump to speak, ask questions and listen, watch your anger thermometer and keep the temperature down.

People don't care what you know until they know that you care.

we can tune out the Holy Spirit's whispers and become oblivious to His communication with us.

Three of the most unused critical tools in the arsenal for growth of new managers are listening, observing and failing.

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

Little did the old man know how much God liked to talk to His children, how He longed to listen to them.

I know you're fond of brooding, but I'm an old man. Your silences make me wonder whether I've actually gone deaf.

It is the interaction of the two styles - his withdrawal and her insistence that he tell her what she did wrong - that is devastating to both.

These are the signals that combine with what is said to make up the devices we use to show we're listening, interested, sympathetic, or teasing—and that we're the right sort of people.

Our deepest wish is to be understood and approved of by our mothers and our daughters. We can get closer to that goal by listening to the ways we talk to each other, and by learning to talk to each other in new ways.

We all want, above all, to be heard. We want to be understood—heard for what we think we are saying, for what we know we meant.

Yet another man commented that women seem to wallow in their problems, wanting to talk about them forever, whereas he and other men want to get them out and be done with them.

He doesn't steer us wrong if we can hear His voice when He speaks.

Here are some other examples of digging deeper into a conversation: You ask, How have you been? and get the reply, Busy. Follow-up responses could include: How do you deal with being busy? What is going on that's got you so busy? Describe a busy day for you. Do you like being busy? Does there seem to be a cycle of busy-ness during your year? Do you remember a time in your life when you weren't as busy?

POSITIVE MESSAGES TO THE SPEAKER •Lean forward •Maintain eye contact •Open up your arms and body •Relax your body posture •Face your partner •Nod and smile

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - Age 5

What we say is never about what we say; what we say is about who we are talking to. What we say is a tool to change our hearers.

High-tide grief calls for empathy, not solutions.

I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh. (Proverbs 4:20-22)

Just listen to your body, eat in silence and see what feels good and you will spontaneously choose the foods that are beneficial to you.