Quotes about listening-skills

A powerful leader, like a conductor, need not say a word for his message to be communicated.

Getting in touch with the lovelessness within and letting that lovelessness speak its pain is one way to begin again on love's journey. In relationships, whether heterosexual or homosexual, the partner who is hurting often finds that their mate is unwilling to 'hear' the pain. Women often tell me that they feel emotionally beaten down when their partners refuse to listen or talk. When women communicate from a place of pain, it is often characterized as 'nagging.' Sometimes women hear repeatedly

Bravery is listening even when you don't want to hear it.

Our spirit wants to experience connection by being seen, felt and heard. When you ask and listen deeply with curiosity to whatever wants to be expressed, you are giving one of the most precious gifts you can give to one you love.

I never learn anything from listening to myself.

There is more to hear in what is not said.

One of the greatest ways you can affirm value in another person is by giving them the gift of your undivided attention, the kind of attention that says, “I hear what you are saying because I value who you are.” You don’t have to agree with someone to show them their value as a person. Listening demonstrates that any person you meet is worthy of your respect and attention.

There are times that all you need is someone who will listen to you without judging you — not telling you what you should have done or should do, but simply, listening to you

I am always impressed by the fact that even the tiniest amount of being listened to, the barest suggestion of the possibility of kind treatment, can bring such an immediate rush of emotion. I think this is because we are almost never really listened to. In my work as a psychologist, I am reminded every day of how infrequently we are heard, any of us, or our actions even marginally understood. And one of the ironies of my "listening profession" is its lesson that, in many ways, each of us ultimat

One can learn from what is not said.

so many sounds do come close to our ears each moment. What we allow into our mind and how we interpret what we listen to is what propels our thought and actions

We must not only observe but listen to the sound of nature.

Listening is an important skill to spark creativity and cultivate empathy.

Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.

One of the benchmarks of great communicators is their ability to listen not just to what's being said, but to what's not being said as well. They listen between the lines.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.

The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.

Make a concise statement clearly and you should only need to say it once.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.

Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening that talking.

There is a difference between truly listening and waiting for your turn to talk.

Listening is the key. The whole objective of a howl is to be heard.

Personal truth differs from one person to the next, so how can truth itself be a constant? At least we can listen to each other in truth.

At the heart of good communication, is not the process of talking, but that of listening. The first step to improve your listening skills is to stop talking. It is very difficult to talk and listen at the same time.

Turn off the radio, TV, DVD, iPod, computer and cell phone. Then, listen.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

An effective leader is also an effective listener.

Listen to others very carefully. Shut your inner noise and focus on verbal and non verbal cues.

While others are broadcasting be listening

Big egos have little ears.

You listen to people, you listen so deeply that you can hear their past lives,The crackle of their funeral pyres,

Listen to your heart, it will guide you on the right path.

We must be present enough and receptive enough to “hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

The girl was kind in a special way; when you spoke to her, she seemed to stop thinking of whatever she been thinking and listened to you altogether.

When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.

The key to good listening isn't technique, it's desire. Until we truly want to understand the other person, we'll never listen well.

Open your mind and let the universe speak to you

If you hear I will speak but if you listen I will talk.

Our archaeological ancestry lost hair while growing sweat glands to reduce panting in the hot African sun. One outcome evolved the origin of our speech. Another conquered our ability to shut the hell up and listen. Now? Politicians grunting "On the Origin of Speeches" past one another.