Quotes About Listening

New Rule: If you're one of the one-in-three married women who say your pet is a better listener than your husband, you talk too much. And I have some bad news for you: Your dog's not listening, either; he's waiting for food to fall out of your mouth.

Top people can function with many styles and in many environments. They have the ability and sensibility to listen. But the number-one factor that sets them apart from the pack is an aura of energy and actual energy. All high-powered executives have that.

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.

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If someone has a better idea, be willing to listen with an open mind and keep quiet until they complete their thoughts.

Eloquence is an art of saying things in such a way (1) that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure; (2) that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.

When I listen to people talk, all I hear is what they're not tellin' me.

I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound. Someone's always yellin', 'Turn him down'. -- Highlands from Time Out of Mind (1997)

In your conversations, what percentage of the conversation is spent talking about you versus what is going on with the other person? Generally, people who lack empathy don't ask much about other people. They don't care. It doesn't even occur to them to ask.

Trump listens to you. He's always looking for adult supervision.

There's some things where he's already reached the conclusion and it doesn't matter what you say. It doesn't matter what arguments you offer. He's not listening.

14The LORD says, "For a long time I have said nothing; I have been quiet and held myself

Not knowing when to shut up was one of my greatest faults.

People weakened their hands by feeling they had to fill uncomfortable silences.

But hush! No telling to others that make so inquisitive questions. We must obey, and silence is a part of obedience, and obedience is to bring you strong and well into loving arms that wait for you.

when the fairy sang, the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur; he felt cold mists dance. He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands. In the fairy's song the earth recognized the names by which it called itself.

When night fell, I listened to the Songs that the Moon and Stars were singing and I sang with them

Cand ti se vor deschide in fata mai multe cai si nu vei sti pe care sa apuci nu alege la intamplare ci asaza-te si asteapta. Asteapta oricat e nevoie. Nu te misca nu spune nimic asculta-ti inima. Apoi cand o sa-ti vorbeasca ridica-te si urmeaza-i sfatul.

E quando à tua frente se abrirem muitas estradas e não souberes a que hás-de escolher, não metas por uma ao acaso, senta-te e espera. Respira com a mesma profundidade confiante com que respiraste no dia em que vieste ao mundo, e sem deixares que nada te distraia, espera e volta a esperar. Fica quieta, em silêncio, e ouve o teu coração. Quando ele te falar, levanta-te, e vai para onde ele te levar.

Understanding demands silence.

Y luego, cuando ante ti se abran muchos caminos y no sepas cuál recorrer, no te metas en uno cualquiera al azar: siéntate y aguarda. Respira con la confiada profundidad con que respiraste el día en que viniste al mundo, sin permitir que nada te distraiga: aguarda y aguarda más aún. Quédate quieta, en silencio, y escucha a tu corazón. Y cuando te hable, levántate y ve donde él te lleve.

Och när du står inför ett vägskäl i livet och inte vet vilken väg du ska välja, låt inte slumpen avgöra. Sätt dig ner och vänta. Andas lika lugnt och förtröstansfullt som du gjorde den dag du kom till världen. Låt ingenting störa dig. Vänta och vänta igen. Stanna upp i tystnad och lyssna till ditt hjärta. När det sedan talar till dig, red dig och gå dit det leder dig.

The study of a language . . . allows its students to hear a people's 'interpretation (or misinterpretation) of messages from environment to human.' The spoken word reveals, upon reflection, that to which its speakers first chose to listen, then ponder, then live by.