Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

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

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.

Listening is a sign of respect.

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

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

We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.

That's important, apologizing, listening, you know, I think the teens I speak with, most of them don't feel understood. They feel like they're being lectured to all the time.

It's human desire to be understood. And we always feel we're not understood.

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

Nine times out of 10, women don't want to fix a problem, they just want to be understood. I'll never get that.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

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.

The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

It’s important for me to hear others position and understand them.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

Sometimes, the best thing to do is just to sit down and listen to another person's experience and listen how they express themselves and want to be seen by others.

Let's choose to hear one another out.

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

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.

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

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about them, they begin to care about you. And when people care about you, your success becomes a part of how they define their success.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.