“It's so weird how the mere act of listening to people has become the most precious commodity a human can give or hoard.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“Prayer doesn't work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening. I've paid attention. I've pictured what I want to happen in my life. I've meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn't work for me about them.”— Adam Savage, techland.time.com
“Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see. And learn. Children may not obey But children will listen. Children will look to you For which way to turn, To learn what to be. Careful before you say, "Listen to me." Children will listen.”— Stephen Sondheim, imdb.com
“I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“When you speak I like to listen to you because when you speak it feels like hearing a story about the first time somebody saw the ocean, no matter what you’re saying.”— Dalton Day, harpoonreview.com
“When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.”— Stephen Covey, forbes.com
“When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it’s amazing what you can learn.”— Greg Mortenson, amazon.com
“We have to work ever harder on seeing, listening and supporting the quiet voices who have something important to say. Perhaps, if we listen a bit harder, we'll be able to do the right thing that much sooner.”— Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com
“Time passes. Listen. Time passes. Come closer now. Only you can hear the houses sleeping in the streets in the slow deep salt and silent black, bandaged night.”— Dylan Thomas, amazon.com
“Things in life are not always as they seem. When you listen, for instance, to someone talking, there is another voice beneath his words..even if you hear clearly what he is saying, the real truth is much deeper.”— Johnny Depp, wnq-movies.com
“When I talk to you I am happy. Because you listen, and my words find a home.”— Edmond Jabès, amazon.com
“Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself.”— Glenn Hughes, amazon.com
“I’m going to tell you something: thoughts are never honest. Emotions are. Do not go around asking for honesty in what people think; much of what they perceive as thinking is empty anyway because it’s thought out again and again and comes out refined and muddy. The ones who know how to feel might hav…”— Albert Camus, goodreads.com
“You’re important. You deserve to speak up and have people shut the hell up and listen to you.”— Alexandra Bracken, amazon.com
“What if instead of the right words, all that it took was the right pair of ears and the right beating heart?”— Mary Kate Teske, quotemadness.com