Martha Gellhorn Quotes

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.

We don’t need a speaker; we need a listener!

I'm a pretty good listener.

One of the easiest human acts is also the most healing. Listening to someone. Simply listening. Not advising or coaching, but silently and fully listening.

Listening is love in action.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

The first duty of love is to listen.

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.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.

I'm a great listener.

Other players can be leaders on the pitch, but not all players can understand another player, so I try to. You need to understand the heart of another player. I try to read other people, to figure out how I can joke with this guy, how I can help him or touch his heart.

The greatest skill that I have is what the viewer has: I listen. I try to listen silently.

Women love to talk, so you gotta be the guy that listens - not just listens but is interested.

If you listen to a woman, you'll know what she wants.

I think, in a world of mouths, I want to be an ear.

If I have any talent, I think I have an ability to listen to people and also just meet them on their level.

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another. Whether the other be an adult or a child, our engagement in listening to who that person is can often be our greatest gift. Whether that person is speaking or playing or dancing, building or singing or painting, if we care, we can listen.

With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.

Listening with undivided attention and unconditional love Is perhaps the greatest gift we can extend to others.

Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.