Maya Angelou Quotes

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

I am not learned, but I have as good feelings as any man.

You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.

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

If some people think it shows a feminine side to be in the theater, I've never felt that. And I'll openly say that an intelligent person who is a sensitive person will be and should be in touch with their inner female.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

She was a genius at listening.

You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.

I have to be in tune. All the time. I have to be in tune with my husband, where he is, how he's feeling. I have to be in tune with where my family is.

I can hold space for people who think I'm a nut job. It's cool. But I know from my own experience what I experienced. I know what I learned. I know what I saw. I know what I heard.

I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.

I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.