Just Listen Quotes - Page 2

• No man ever listened himself out of a job.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Jobs, Men, Listening

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• Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

  Sarah Dessen

  Song, Strong, Connections

  "Just Listen". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2006.

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• The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention

  Richard Moss

  Educational, Communication, Wrestling

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• Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Looks, Ability, Needed

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.9, New World Library

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• When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wise

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “By-Line Ernest Hemingway: Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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• Silence is so freaking loud

  Sarah Dessen

  Inspirational, Silence, Loud

  "Just Listen". Book by Sarah Dessen, April 6, 2006.

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• I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, People, Scary

  "Just Listen". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2006.

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• I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues, until I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them down, to take them out of their experience of sadness and grief. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Grief, Sadness, Listening

  Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). “Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.112, Penguin

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• Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Inspirational, People, Giving

  Marshall B. Rosenberg (2004). “Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding”, p.31, PuddleDancer Press

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• The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Thinking, Agreement, Listening To Others

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• The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Funny, Humor, Effective Listening

  Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.103, Cambridge University Press

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• We never listen when we are eager to speak.

  Louise von Francois

  Communication, Listening, Speak

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• The greatest gift you can give another person is strength.

  Caroline Myss

  Inspirational, Listening To Others, Giving

  Twitter post from Aug 23, 2014

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• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Smile, Appreciation, Kindness

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Business, Communication, Silence

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.12, BookBaby

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• We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

  Epictetus

  Kindness, Communication, Compassion

  "The Golden Sayings of Epictetus" by Epictetus, translated by Hastings Crossley, Vol. II, Part 2, The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.

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• Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

  Karl A. Menninger

  Inspirational, Friendship, Music

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• Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though.

  Sarah Dessen

  Hurt, Lying, Sometimes

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.110, Penguin

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• Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Education, Patience

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• The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong." No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside.

  Shel Silverstein

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

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• A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union.Anyone can learn the dance, just listen to the music.

  Rumi

  Compassion, Soul, Body

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• I don't think anything will change until Americans revolt and get it into their heads that they need to be informed voters instead of just listening to the paid political ads.

  Deborah Pryce

  Thinking, Political, Listening

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• I've never been interested in the convention of dialogue that facilitates narrative-it's always sort of bored me. I find myself zoning out just listening to cadences of voices and tonality and this sort of thing.

  Rick Alverson

  Voice, Bored, Listening

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• Spread the word about good music. Don't just listen to what's on the radio. If you put in a little effort, you can find some truly wonderful stuff.

  Nikka Costa

  Effort, Radio, Littles

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• When you’re married to Miranda Lambert, you've gotta give her her room because she’s a powerful force. I think it’s more about just listening and understanding who she is and what her insecurities may be and how to approach our marriage as an open minded listener and a shoulder to lean on.

  Blake Shelton

  Powerful, Thinking, Giving

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