Quotes about Listening
The Warrior listens to the words of certain thinkers.
- Paulo Coelho
To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. —JEREMIAH 6:10 NASB
- John Hagee
I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again — I dwell among the people."
- John Henry Newman
There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.
- Rowan Williams
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.
- George Bernard Shaw
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
- George Bernard Shaw
Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
- Henri Nouwen
I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.
- Lou Holtz
Hear the other side.
- St. Augustine
Hear the other side. (Audi Partem Alteram)
- St. Augustine
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
- Samuel Johnson