Listening Quotes - Page 6

• Listening is not merely not talking...it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told to us.

  Andrew Miller

  Mean, Loss, Talking

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• The first rule of my speaking is: listen!

  Larry King

  Firsts

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• There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  People, Benefits, Firsts

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.239, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.

  Lee Iacocca

  Real, Communication, Effective Listening

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.58, Bantam

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• Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.

  Sue Thoele

  Summer, Communication, Judging

  Sue Patton Thoele (2000). “Heart centered marriage: fulfilling our natural desire for sacred partnership”

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• People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Attitude, Heart

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Jul 01, 2012

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• And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Mouths

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• God speaks to us every day only we don't know how to listen.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Speak, Know How, Knows

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• The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.

  Idries Shah

  Heart, Learned Person, Humans

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• Listening means forgetting yourself completely - only then can you listen.

  Rajneesh

  Mean, Forget You, Forget

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• The voice in your head also creates a huge amount of problems that aren't really problems. They're just things that haven't happened yet, things that could happen tomorrow or next week. Listening to unreal problems has another name: worrying. That's what the voice in your head does. It what-ifs. It frets. It agonizes, and you can no longer sense the joy of life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Life, Next Week, Names

  "Decision-Making Tips From Eckhart Tolle". Interview with Leigh Newman, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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• Listening is a very deep practice. You have to empty yourself. You have to leave space in order to listen especially to people we think are our enemies - the ones we believe are making our situation worse. When you have shown your capacity for listening and understanding, the other person will begin to listen to you, and you have a change to tell him or her of your pain, and it's your turn to be healed. This is the practice of peace.

  Nhat Hanh

  Pain, Believe, Thinking

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• Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Listening To Others, Bores You, Effective Listening

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 37

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• If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

  A. A. Milne

  Teacher, Sweet, Talking

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• Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Epic Poems, Voice

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Listen. Don't explain or justify.

  Wayne Dyer

  Explanation, Justify

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• It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Life, Positive, Wisdom

  'The Poet at the Breakfast Table' (1872) ch. 10

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• Passion is listening.

  Rahul Gandhi

  Passion

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• One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

  Dean Rusk

  Listening Ear, Ears, Way

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• The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Funny, Time

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• Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

  James A. Baldwin

  Family, Education, Wisdom

  Nobody Knows My Name (1961) "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a letter from Harlem"

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• The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Motivational, Life And Love, Freedom

  Speech to National Student Association at Madison, 23 Aug. 1965, in New York Times 24 Aug. 1965, p. 12

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• I've had so many people tell me that they are shocked that AM radio still even exists with all the different listening options.

  Rush Limbaugh

  People, Different, Radio

  "Why Technology Didn’t Kill the Radio Star". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. March 28, 2013.

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• There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Guidance, Right Words

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.309, Library of America

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• Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our words that we are able to effect the most profound changes in the people around us. When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity for wholeness. Our listening creates sanctuary for the homeless parts within the other person. That which has been denied, unloved, devalued by themselves and others. That which is hidden.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Powerful, Healing, Opportunity

  Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). “Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.159, Penguin

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