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Quotes About Listening

Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.
~ Francis Chan
HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose
~ George Herbert
God will not speak to me and tell me to mow my lawn today.
~ Ian Bogost
I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His!
~ Jan Karon
Lately, I just let myself eat it more because I think, 'Oh, my God, a piece of cheese tastes so good'. I think it's your body telling you something.
~ Jean Smart
I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.
~ Joel Osteen
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.'
~ John Ortberg
Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.
~ John Shelby Spong
God is silent. Now if only man would shut up.
~ Woody Allen
The greatest prayers that I could ever utter come from the heart. And when I pray that way, I rarely need to open my mouth. Therefore, maybe I should think about talking less.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
God hears every prayer.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
The drum to which we march reveals the conductor to whom we're listening.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
~ Walter Anderson
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
~ Dale Carnegie
I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.
~ Richard Branson
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
~ Richard Branson
A good listener is usually thinking about something else.
~ Kin Hubbard
There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.
~ Christopher Morley
I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.
~ Haile Gebrselassie
I no longer worry about being a brilliant conversationalist. I simply try to be a good listener. I notice that people who do that are usually welcome wherever they go
~ Frank Bettger
A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
~ Edward de Bono
No amount of advice change his attitude. He does not listed to good advice. Rather he gets angry.
~ Chanakya
In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.
~ Joseph Barbera
I certainly don't condemn anyone who listens to audiobooks. It seems to me that any way we get good literature in our brain is worthwhile.
~ John Larroquette