Quotes about Listening

We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.

I look at it this way. I'm not an eavesdropper; I have an attention surplus disorder.

Listening is more important than talking. If that were not true, God would not have given us two ears and only one mouth.

He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession of a laughing, velvety voice which no girl could hear without a heartbeat, and a dangerous way of listening as if she were saying something that he had longed all his life to hear.

Am i talking too much? People are always telling me I do. Would you rather I didn't talk? If you say so I'll stop. I can stop when I make up my mind to it, although it's difficult.

Occasionally she looked at Anne, seemed on the point of saying something, then shook her head and buttoned up her mouth.

We try to reach the heart of God without listening to the Word of God.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

Women are emotional creatures. You have to listen to them to figure out what they are saying. Show your wife steadfast loyalty.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.

But I'm afraid I'm bad at comforting; I can listen all right, but I can hardly ever find anything to say.

The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but also lends us His ear. So it is His work that we do for our brother and sister when we learn to listen to them.