Quotes About Listening

Contextual inquiry is about asking questions up close and in context, relying on observation, listening, and empathy to guide us toward a more intelligent, and therefore more effective, question.

What's required is a willingness to go out into the world with a curious and open mind, to observe closely, and—perhaps most important, according to a number of the questioners I've interviewed—to listen.

Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.

Being willing to listen to others and let them speak into our lives is a critical attitude leaders must have. It is not weakness to get good advice - it is strength to seek it out.

The question is never ''Does God speak?'' but rather ''Am I listening?'' To best hear what God has to say to you, you must still your heart. Set aside your pressing demands. Turn off all your electronic distractions. Rarely does God shout to make himself heard!

Worship begins with my daily times before His throne, listening to His heart. And, when I leave, I expect to live differently because of what I just heard. It is often a whisper you will hear from the King

Necesité a Dios para aquietar todas las voces, menos la de Él

is simply the way people share life together when Jesus is their growing preoccupation and they are learning to listen and follow him. If people

As with a symphony, it is important to be able to contribute your part while simultaneously listening to and blending in with others.

Hear carefully when someone is speaking, if you missed it, too bad

A man could learn all he needed to know about women if he went to the Narberth Rugby Football Club bar for a drink and listened.

Wendy Lawton

The right kind of listener makes a difference. When someone takes the time to hear us out, something singular happens. By being interested and showing it, the listener becomes part of the tale.

Things may need to be said, but not necessarily heard by the other.

Há coisas que talvez tenham de ser verbalizadas, mas não necessariamente ouvidas pelo outro. P102

She waited for one of them to say something that might facilitate a more in-depth conversation, something that might bridge the distance between them; but neither man spoke.

Poetry doesn't speak, but you listen.

People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when you explain your successes.

Caring for people often takes the form of concern for the quality of their stories, not for their feelings.

I was surprised to see that the pupil remained small and did not noticeably dilate as she talked and listened. Unlike the tasks that we were studying, the mundane conversation apparently demanded little or no effort—no more than retaining two or three digits.

She did not forget about the meeting. She was completely focused on something else when the meeting was set and she just didn't hear you.

was surprised to see that the pupil remained small and did not noticeably dilate as she talked and listened. Unlike the tasks that we were studying, the mundane conversation apparently demanded little or no effort—no more than retaining two or three digits.

neither of us ever rejected out of hand anything the other said.

It is more useful to pay attention to people who disagree with you than to pay attention to those who agree.