Quotes about Listening
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.
— George Washington Carver
Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Take time to pray and listen to God...say, 'Sir, what should I say at this moment? What should I do? My ears are open and my eyes are open. I'm listening.'
— Kenneth Copeland
Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.
— AB Simpson
Most Christians don't hear God's voice because we've already decided we aren't going to do what He says.
— AW Tozer
Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God's voice.
— Bill Johnson
To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.
— Charles Stanley
A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.
— Erwin McManus
Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.
— Maya Angelou
I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair.
— John Stott
It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's.
— Henry Blackaby
We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears.
— Pope Benedict XVI