Quotes about Listening

God will use us for his purposes, but it takes a certain kind of listening.

My heart's desire is that people will listen to the Lord and his leading and really dive into the fullness of what He's called them to do, whatever that looks like.

I was learning to recognize when God was speaking through someone. He repeats himself. He says it over and over because we are so stubborn, stupid and unwilling. And even scared. Even when he tells us not to be afraid, we set our minds about it, worrying and fretting about every little thing. I was shaken by what God expected us to do.

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.