Mary McDonnell Quotes

You ever try to go a day without judgment?

Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships.

Over the years, I just started paying a lot more attention not to whether I was right or wrong, but just to how I make people feel.

The thing that I regret is not having better relationships with a lot of people. Being the hard-nosed guy that I was, I think I could've come off a little bit better in my relationships with a lot of people, and I didn't.

Getting to know people as they are is very, very important.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

You should think about the world and feel about your heart.

Listening and being curious and wide-eyed in the world, I think, is what allows us to move forward, progress, evolve and learn and alter our behavior and become more self-aware. I think that listening is kind of what it's all about.

My wife Patrice, in addition to being enormously supportive, has taught me a lot about life. She might argue it's because I have so much to learn. One of the most important things I've learned is the art of listening.

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do. We too often judge people without having all the facts.

Relationships are like the world's most intense yoga! It's a daily practice.

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

In my mind, as long as I did what was right for me, I was cool. But that's not the way it works. You have to think about other people and take their feelings into account.

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to each other's hearts.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost more challenging than trying to change the bigger culture.