Diane Johnson Quotes

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, you need to do it in a certain way. I move kind of slow. I talk kind of slow. I let them know that I respect them.

There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen.

I get a guest on the air, and they're weird or strange, and I help them tell their story. I don't laugh at them. I listen.

My job isn't to fix or rescue or to save. It's to accompany, see people, listen to them.

I think people are willing to talk about anything if you come to it with kindness.

Being present with a person and just seeing them for who they are is something that is so rarely given to us, and I try to do that with everyone I meet.

During the writing of all of my books, I've learned that, most of all, people want to know that someone is listening and - this is the tricky part - remembering.

At the end of the day, you need someone who listens to you with no judgement.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Women like men who listen. We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen twice as much as we speak.

I'm a darned good listener.

She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Listening is a sign of respect.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

I think I'm always trying to see the other's point of view, dealing in a very heart-to-heart way.