Quotes About Listening

Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their faces. Eyes that looked worried grew soft and peaceful; tongues left off chattering; and ears full of the city's rustling were rested by the cricket's melody.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

Once become satisfied that a man loves you, and you will listen gladly to anything he has to say.

Cuando a los sabios se les agota la sabiduría, conviene escuchar a los niños.

But people talk too much. They talk and talk so much that when the time comes there's nothing left in their words. They're like the dust you raise when you're winnowing grain.

One of them, for example, which will probably haunt me more than any other is the problem of communication.

nothing is accomplished when people face each other shouting words that neither hear.

Sometimes you have to get out of your routine so God can speak to you in a non-routine way." 9

Adults are children, too, because in every adult's heart, there is a child's life that will stay there for eternity. So please listen to children, because when you don't, it is like not listening to yourself.

When you're not terribly smart, it helps to be a good listener.

Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.

Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just.

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

Listen to the clues. The next time you feel real joy, stop and think. Pay attention. Because joy is the universe's way of knocking on your mind's door. Hello in there. Is anyone home? Can I leave a message? Yes? Good I The message is that you are happy, and that means that you are in touch with your purpose.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth.

Too much talk will include errors.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

My job is to talk to you, and your job is to listen. If you finish first, please let me know.

A bore is a man who spends so much time talking about himself that you can't talk about yourself.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.