engaged listening Quotes

Listening to something is an act of surrender.

Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.

Listening is more than being quiet. Listening is much more than silence. Listening requires undivided attention. The time to listen is when someone needs to be heard. The time to deal with a person with a problem is when he has the problem. The time to listen is the time when our interest and love are vital to the one who seeks our ear, our heart, our help, and our empathy.

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

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

Listening is the key to total concentration. You listen as the character would listen, closing the door on everything else. Then you are ready to respond.

If you're not listening, you're not learning.

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

There’s a difference between listening passively and listening aggressively. To listen with your heart, you have to listen actively.

i never learned anything while i was talking.

Get the facts. Ask questions and listen intently to the answers before responding.

I sensed him leaning forward. It's weird to feel someone's attention on you that way, like you're the only thing in the world they're listening to. Most of the time people are distracted, or just thinking about what they're going to say next.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

Unlike seeing, where one can look away, one cannot 'hear away' but must listen ... hearing implies already belonging together in such a manner that one is claimed by what is being said.

To hear something asks very little of us. To listen places our entire being on notice.

People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.

Make a habit of dominating the listening, and let the prospect dominate the talking.

Whether you're with a group of people, whether you're playing music or whether you're by yourself, even if it's written material, you have to be listening.

I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.

Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.

Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are not willing to do the work that most people do not listen well.

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.

What I hear all the time is to stop and listen. When you do a scene 30 times, and know the lines, you stop listening. The point is to listen, that's the only thing that can make it real.

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them.