#listen

I got to where I couldn't listen to country radio. Country music is supposed to have steel and fiddle. When I hear country music, it should be country. ↗

— Gretchen Wilson

#country music #country radio #fiddle #got #hear

Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each living thing in the meadow and forest. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#listening #music #peter-the-wolf #story #voice

I had been running as fast as I could for all of my adult life. A person can’t listen effectively while running. A running mother is not able to pick up clues. She is not able to let go of her own agenda long enough to stop and listen. ↗

— Irene Tomkinson

#oblivious #parenting #family

I want to spend less time talking about myself, and more time listening to what other people have to say about me. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #listening #myself #selfish

A friend asks, "Tell me one word which is significant in any kinds of relationship." Another friend says, "LISTEN! ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#humor #listen #listening #relationship #humor

If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart. ↗

— Shahrukh Rafi Khan

#listen-to-your-heart #inspirational

Let your wisdom guide you On your own personal journey By listening to your heart Your soul will be alight And let you be All that you are intended to be ↗

— Karen Hackel

#listen #soul #wisdom #wisdom-inspirational #inspirational

The intelligent talk and the wise listen. ↗

— Raheel Farooq

#listening #speaking #talk #wisdom #intelligence

What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a peep out of anything that isn't us? What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are not they both saying: Hello? We spy on whales and on interstellar radio objects; we starve ourselves and pray till we're blue. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#life #listening #nature #life

I want to listen to accomplished women scarred by sexism that still walk in elegance and kindness; hear powerful men that have a heart to serve. I want to talk to the brokenhearted that still believe in love; I want to listen to people that laugh even when they hurt. You live God's grace without even knowing it and to me, you're the best of all of us. ↗

— Lee Goff

#grace #listening #perception #strength #women