20 quotes on listening to help you become a better listener
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20 Quotes
On Listening
I cannot think that we are useless or
God would not have created us. There
is one God looking down on us all. We
are all the children of one God. The sun,
the darkness, the winds are all
listening to what we have to say.
-Geronimo
When one has the feeling of dislike for
evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds
pleasure in listening to good teachings;
when one has these feelings and
appreciates them, one is free of fear.
- Buddha
- Emma Thompson
ANY PROBLEM, BIG OR
SMALL, WITHIN A
FAMILY, ALWAYS
SEEMS TO START WITH
BAD COMMUNICATION.
SOMEONE ISN'T
LISTENING.
ONE OF THE MOST
SINCERE FORMS OF
RESPECT IS ACTUALLY
LISTENING TO WHAT
ANOTHER HAS TO SAY.
BRYANT H. MCGILL
Wisdom is the reward you get
for a lifetime of listening when
you'd have preferred to talk.
- Doug Larson
I GREW UP IN NEW MEXICO, AND THE OLDER I GET, I HAVE
LESS NEED FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND BIG CITIES
AND ALL THE STUFF WE ARE BOMBARDED WITH. I AM
HAPPIER AT MY RANCH IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
WATCHING A BUG CARRY LEAVES ACROSS THE GRASS,
LISTENING TO SILENCE, RIDING MY HORSE, AND BEING IN
OPEN SPACE.
- TOM FORD
I love to work out and really enjoy the outdoors. I like
to immerse myself with sport-related activities and
spending quality time with people. I find people to
be very inspiring, and I get a lot of motivation from
listening and interacting with them, sharing stories
and similarities - and differences - in our lives, and
learning from each other.
- Apolo Ohno
Just remaining quietly in
the presence of God,
listening to Him, being
attentive to Him, requires
a lot of courage and
know-how.
-Thomas Merton
I SAW OLD AUTUMN IN THE MISTY MORN
STAND SHADOWLESS LIKE SILENCE, LISTENING
TO SILENCE.
- THOMAS HOOD
I make progress by having people around me who are
smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that
everyone is smarter about something than I am.
- Henry J. Kaiser
No siren did ever so charm the ear of the
listener as the listening ear has charmed
the soul of the siren.
- Henry Taylor
Listening is a magnetic and strange
thing, a creative force. The friends who
listen to us are the ones we move toward.
When we are listened to, it creates us,
makes us unfold and expand.
- Karl A. Menninger
Most of the successful people I've known
are the ones who do more
listening than talking.
- Bernard Baruch
Compassionate Listening
the other side suffer less.
is to help
- Thich Nhat Hanh
You can't fake
listening.It shows.
- Raquel Welch
Well, I think part of my gift, or if I
have one, is that I love listening.
- Eric Clapton
TONE IS OFTEN THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF A
CONVERSATION - AND LISTENING
IS SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
THAN WHAT YOU SAY.
- HODA KOTB
We
have
two
ears and one tongue so that we would
listen more and talk less.
- Diogenes
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
- Marcel Achard
Friends are those rare people who
ask how we are,
and then wait to hear the answer.
- Ed Cunningham