Quotes About Listening

The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories.

What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about my life moonlighting as a kidnapper.

Somebody once told me that whatever you're listening to at 30 years old is going to be what you listen to for life and that's largely true.

Perhaps there really are occasions in life when it's best not to say anything.

When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due.

If only we could be enlightened enough to be able to listen in the silence.

The Warrior listens to the words of certain thinkers.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.

My worst habit is speaking to much

Hey, boss? (Vik) Not now, Vik. (Syn) Dude, listen to the metallic life form. (Vik)

I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

Finding people in your life as sounding boards who can be neutral and clear is worth nurturing.

Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy. There is no better use of a life than to be attentive to such needs.

I was always listening to my father more than anyone. I was always afraid of my father more than anyone. But there's a moment in time where other men in your life can have a huge impact.

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.

It is a matter of life and death for married people to interrupt each others stories; for it they did not, they would burst.

The more we listen to ourselves and make positive changes based on what we discover, the more interesting life becomes.

If we are to access the resources of life, we must listen with our common heart to the cries of the world.

When I speak in casual conversation, I try to start a mental clock in my head. I actually learned this from Marty Nemko, a San Francisco career coach. He told me, "For the first thirty seconds after you start talking, imagine a green light in your head. After thirty seconds the light turns yellow. At sixty seconds, it's red." That's a good piece of advice for most any conversational situation. It takes some mental energy to monitor myself, but it works.

Every man ... should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is pleasing to one is to make a pillow of the mind.

These days, we listen to our children, not they to us. Given what we've done to the planet, perhaps they have a point. Tasked with passing the baton, like hundreds of generations before us, my team has fumbled the handoff.

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said. "I have. But not an interrupting one.

What is this?' he asked. 'Are you all conspiring against me? Even my horse?' It was the last three words that made Will smile. 'We figured you mightn't listen to a healer, a Ranger or a knight of the realm,' he said. 'But if your horse agreed with them, you'd have no choice but to pay attention.

this?" he asked. "Are you all conspiring against me? Even my horse?" It was the last three words that made Will smile. "We figured you mightn't listen to a healer, a Ranger or a knight of the realm," he said. "But if your horse agreed with them, you'd have no choice but to pay attention.