Quotes about Listening
LISTEN twice as much as you speak.
— John Maxwell
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.
— Stephen Covey
Faith comes by hearing all the Word, not just preferred sections.
— David Wilkerson
Sabrina fair Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassie, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of Lillies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair, Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save.
— John Milton
Also, one of the simplest paths to deep change is for the less powerful to speak as much as they listen, and for the more powerful to listen as much as they speak.
— Gloria Steinem
Perhaps because women are seen as good listeners, I find that a traveling woman - perhaps especially a traveling feminist - becomes a kind of celestial bartender.
— Gloria Steinem
When people say to me, 'What should I tell my daughter?' I always say: The most important thing is to listen. This is how she learns she has something to say.
— Gloria Steinem
In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.
— John Maxwell
What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.
— Stephen Covey
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care
— Theodore Roosevelt
Hear others, and you will be heard.Understand others, and you will be understood.Help others, and you be will be helped.Love others, and you will be loved.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The heart is seldom wiser than the mind, but when it is, listen to it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo