(1542 quotes found)
“I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.”
Bill Watterson
“I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.”
George Carlin
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
James Arthur Baldwin
“Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.”
Sue Patton Thoele
“When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.”
Buddha
“When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.”
Florence Griffith Joyner
“Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely”
Chinese Proverbs
“When I don't like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to it more closely”
Florent Schmitt
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
E. E. Cummings
“Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”
Rabindranath Tagore