Quotes About Listening

Of course, you can't spend all of your time listening to random inputs. But you should be open to them. As you keep doing it, you will develop a feel for whose views are apt to contain gems of information and a sense of who will take advantage of your openness to clutter you with noise. Over time, then, you can adjust your receptivity accordingly.

I guess that's a sign of growing up: When your dad shuts up but you can hear him anyway.

I think one of the mistakes many of us (including myself) make when speaking with atheists, agnostics, or any person who does not share our faith is to believe that we can argue them into seeing the truth. I do not believe this is possible. I have never known anyone who was successfully argued into a true, lasting faith.

No, Dandelion stuck with his first version. And he never sang it. Never. To no one. Right before the dawn, while it was still dark, a hungry, vicious werewolf crept up to their camp, but saw that it was Dandelion, so he listened for a moment and then went on his way.

I'll hear you out." "Without interrupting with spiteful comments?" "That I can't promise." "Oh well"–Stregobor slipped his hands into the sleeves of his robe–"then it'll only take longer.

don't flap your ears and nothing horrible will fall into them.

Tiga är guld, sägs det. Kanske det. Vet inte om det är så mycket värt. I alla fall har det sitt pris. Det kostar att tiga.

I'm trying to, but please talk more slowly. Don't forget you're talking to a cabbage.

How you think is massively influenced and largely determined by what you read, hear, and watch.

Brew coffee or tea, sit with a friend and ask them questions—questions just one step riskier than the last time you talked. As you listen, observe the flickers of sadness or hope that cross their face. Try to imagine what it must be like to live their story, suffer their losses, dream their dreams. Pray with them and dare to put into words their heart's desires, and dare to ask God to grant them.

Fight like you're right, listen like you're wrong.

Yes' – Pearce nodded – 'but I don't think Bale was. Lots of big words were used and he struggles beyond two syllables.' 'I'm not sure what's more surprising,' said Biggs. 'That you were listening, or that you just used the word syllables.

the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.

Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance. (Proverbs 1:5, NIV) The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. (Proverbs 12:15, NIV) Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. (Proverbs 15:22, NIV) Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise. (Proverbs 19:20, NIV)

It is next to impossible to hear the voice of wisdom if we are not really listening for it to begin with. The best counsel in the world is wasted counsel if our minds are already made up.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear—and we just don't want to hear it.

one of the primary reasons that you have to listen to outsiders: If you don't, you will be driven by the complaints and demands of the insiders.

Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.

This tent's open to the south and north, and the roads are broad and lead to green lands and black lands and there's plenty to do in the world - sift flour, hammer iron, beat rugs, plow furrows, gossip about the neighbors, cast fishing nets - but what there is to do here is listen.

through every cloud God wants me to unlearn something. He wants me to simplify things, to put other things and other people aside until it is just me and Him. He doesn't want me to do anything more, He wants me to sit at His feet and listen to His voice. When once again He is the Father and I am the child, our relationship is restored.

For God never sleeps, and though He may not communicate as we expect Him to, He can always speak to a receptive heart.

breath, trying to make sense of the story. I dealt with criminal law all the time but you still had to hear the person out, listen to all of the facts, and then assess the situation yourself while trying to find the truth.               "First

Exasperated, Dee began, "Molly-" "I'm not hearing you.  I can't hear you.  Can you hear anything, Del?" "Only some whining.  I thought it was a mozzie.  If it keeps going, I'm getting the fly swat and smack it a good one.