Quotes About Listening

Be sensitive to your loved one's feelings. If something you say seems to upset them, take the time to find out what's wrong. They may be having some issues you weren't aware of.

Relationships never work when the other person uses social networks as a way to vent instead of addressing you.

Dear boys, When a girl says 'I'm Fine' talk to her until the real truth comes out.

Without communication, even the strongest relationships can fall apart.

If he can't keep a conversation going, don't expect him to be able to keep a relationship going.

We must be willing to listen to those whose voices have been silenced, to seek out their stories, and to honor their experiences. Only then can we truly understand the complexities of our history, and the challenges we face in the present." (p. 138)

The only problem with not talking to oneself was that oneself was the most fascinating conversational partner one could imagine. Nobody had more patience in listening to one than oneself, and while nobody knew one better than oneself, nobody misunderstood one more than oneself.

One must listen to them carefully to understand that while pain is universal, it is also utterly private. We

One must listen to them carefully to understand that while pain is universal, it is also utterly private. We cannot know whether our pain is like anybody else's pain until we talk about it. Once we do that, we speak and think in ways cultural and individual.

To avoid talking, we both smoked incessantly and listened to a greatest hits tape of Johnny Hallyday, the sonic equivalent of Ricard Pastis, a taste the rest of the world could not acquire.

Always listen closely to what children have to say, because really we learn more from them each day.

Don't quarrel with a person whose voice is louder than yours.

Girls who chatter don't much matter.

Listen with your ears, look with your eyes, but keep silent with your mouth.

Never give advice even if it is asked.

Our parents teach us to speak and the world teaches us to be silent.

Say nothing when you are giving -- only say something when you are receiving.

Stop talking the moment when you find that you are not being heard.

The best form of flattery is to master the art of listening.

The doctor asks the patient what is wrong, and then the patient asks the doctor what is wrong.

The fool speaks when he has nothing to say.

The greatest secret of life is to hear lessons and not teach them.

There are two kinds of people: those who don't do what they are told, and those who do only that.

Usually the only time you will say something wrong is at the end of the conversation which means you have talked too long.