Quotes about Listening

She was scornful. "He talks to you personally?" "He talks to everyone personally. Most people just don't bother to listen.

Silence did not always mean indifference.

He was writing on men's hearts through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. But few listened. Few leaned in and sought out God's will for their lives.

He's awake and listening to us," said the old woman. "Sly little rascal." She chuckled. "But royalty has need of slyness. And if he's really the Kwisatz Haderach…well….

Indeed? Pardon me for not listening further but I am really on an urgent errand.

We must listen across at least as many years into our future as those journals lay hidden in our past. We will not try to predict the discoveries yet to be made within those pages. We say only that they must be made. How can we turn our backs on our most important inheritance?

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

I must exchange whispers with God before shouts with the world.

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.