Change Quote by Barbara Deming

Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation.

— P. M. Forni

Some people are uncomfortable saying what they feel.

— Meg Wolitzer

It is equally important to listen as it is to speak.

— Sarah Kay

People don't listen to each other anymore, and I think that's why people get offended or their feelings get hurt: because you're not actually…

— Nicole Byer

If you don't listen deeply, the connection won't take place… [You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you're listening to,…

— Alan Alda

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

— Peter Bergen

Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

— Margaret J. Wheatley

Once you can clearly describe what you are reacting to, free of your interpretation or evaluation of it, other people are less likely to…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Be willing to tolerate discomfortbeing uncomfortable is often the price for making a real difference

— Unknonw

“To carefully listen is a powerful way of saying to another that we value that person. When we take the time to understand we…

— Stephen Covey

I think it's better that people actually are saying what they feel. Especially, people are saying, I'm not heard. I don't have a voice…

— Elizabeth Lesser