46 Quotes About Listening To Other

One of the greatest ways you can affirm value in another person is by giving them the gift of your undivided attention, the kind of attention that says, “I hear what you are saying because I value who you are.” You don’t have to agree with someone to show them their value as a person. Listening demonstrates that any person you meet is worthy of your respect and attention. Joe Jordan

Our spirit wants to experience connection by being seen, felt and heard. When you ask and listen deeply with curiosity to whatever wants to be expressed, you are giving one of the most precious gifts you can give to one you love. Tracie Sage

Getting in touch with the lovelessness within and letting that lovelessness speak its pain is one way to begin again on love's journey. In relationships, whether heterosexual or homosexual, the partner who is hurting often finds that their mate is unwilling to 'hear' the pain. Women often tell me that they feel emotionally beaten down when their partners refuse to listen or talk. When women communicate from a place of pain, it is often characterized as 'nagging.' Sometimes women hear repeatedly that their partners are 'sick of listening to this shit.' Both cases undermine self-esteem. Those of us who were wounded in childhood often were shamed and humiliated when we expressed hurt. It is emotionally devastating when the partners we have chosen will not listen. Usually, partners who are unable to respond compassionately when hearing us speak our pain, whether they understand it or not, are unable to listen because that expressed hurt triggers their own feelings of powerlessness and helplessness. Many men never want to feel helpless or vulnerable. They will, at times, choose to silence a partner with violence rather than witness emotional vulnerability. When a couple can identify this dynamic, they can work on the issue of caring, listening to each other's pain by engaging in short conversations at appropriate times (i.e., it's useless to try and speak your pain to someone who is bone weary, irritable, reoccupied, etc.). Setting a time when both individuals come together to engage in compassionate listening enhances communication and connection. When we are committed to doing the work of love we listen even when it hurts. Bell Hooks

In listening lies great power. Many are expert in speaking (while everyone hears), adept in analyzing in bits and pieces, very prompt in commenting, and always ready to stamp judgement of 'right' or 'wrong'.Very few are skilled in listening, first, with the ears and, then, with the heart. Those who do hold true, sustainable, and great power. Ufuoma Apoki

One can learn from what is not said. C. Kennedy

Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering. Sharon Salzberg

Listen to people from your heart, as if your life depended on it, and you will find that in turn people will listen to you with all of theirs. Unknown

The choices you make from this day forward will lead you, step by step, to the future you deserve. Unknown

Spend your time designing the greatest reputation a man could possess. Unknown

What you deserve will be down to you, and you alone. Unknown

Destiny and fate are of one’s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path. Unknown

Make sure everyone, who works with you or for you, feels the need to tell others about the incredible experience. Unknown

Adopt the positive in everything you do, for there will always be positivity there to find, if that is what you seek. Unknown

That which is currently beyond your capabilities now, does not have to be so forever Unknown

My intention was, only, ever to help you see the light shining brightly in front, and inside, of you. Unknown

Tell your good news as an evangelist would. Do so with a passion driven by a need to help and solve problems that some people didn’t even know they had. Unknown

Embrace the fundamentals like the closest of friends, for they will be the foundation of your future success. Unknown

Whilst people have answered questions, I have only heard my own voice thinking of the next question. Unknown

I was so sure that I knew what they needed and what I wanted to sell them that I never stopped long enough to find out what it was they wanted to buy. Unknown

Finding happiness by delivering it. Unknown

Everything would have been for nothing just because I simply didn’t listen. Unknown

I should become happier at what I do and leave others happier than before they’d met me. Unknown

Speaking from the heart is simple. Listening wholeheartedly, however, is much, much more difficult and most rare. Unknown

You must have realised by now that when one really cares, really tries to help, the other party recognises the fact and, therefore, easily sees the logic in working together for the greater good, for the mutual benefit of both. Unknown

You’ve got to be driven to become successful. Unknown

In the past, I have all too often listened without hearing, asking questions when I had no intention of hearing the answer or understand my customer’s requirements. Unknown

Listening is a discipline. It’s all about being present at that moment in time. Unknown

I want you to start realising how far away you are from being able to listen professionally. Unknown

You listen like an amateur and fool yourself into believing it is enough when it is not. Unknown

Sometimes, meu amor, we lose too much time asking ourselves questions that we can’t answer and forgetting that the answer is just beside us. You have to learn to ask and to listen. If one does not listen, the other does not exist. When the other does not exist, one is alone. I don’t want to be alone, do you? Cristiane Serruya

So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person. Thich Nhat Hanh

The girl was kind in a special way; when you spoke to her, she seemed to stop thinking of whatever she been thinking and listened to you altogether. Ellery Queen

One of the most under-rated gifts we can give to others, is our undivided attention. Next time you spend time with a loved one, really listen to them and watch light up when they realize you are being completely attentive to them. There is so much to be learned and experienced when we can become great listeners! Jaeda DeWalt

The major dilemma is that we tend to listen to reply, while all we should do is: listen to understand and feel. Akilnathan Logeswaran

The key to good listening isn't technique, it's desire. Until we truly want to understand the other person, we'll never listen well. Steve Goodier

The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply. Stephen R. Covey

Anyone who takes the time to listen is either an old soul or a romantic one. Richelle E. Goodrich

Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, "The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice." (Proverbs 12:15) The word 'listen' carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision. Gary Rohrmayer

If I had an ear 2 confide in I would cry among my treasured friends But who do u know that stops that longto help another carry on The world moves fast and it would rather pass u bythan 2 stop and c what makes u cry Tupac Shakur

Listen to others very carefully. Shut your inner noise and focus on verbal and non verbal cues. Abhishek Ratna

People usually have to be dragged kicking and screaming into what’s good for them. Clifford Cohen

Anyone can talk,    but to listen is a gift,      we should all exchange J. Benson

People are far more revealing by the questions they ask than the answer they give. To get closer to understanding what is really on someone’s mind, answer their questions briefly so they ask follow-up questions. By their third question you’ll get a glimpse of their biggest fear or desire on the topic. Kare Anderson