Circumstances Quote by Margaret J. Wheatley

It's important to tell your story. It's important to listen.

— Francesca Lia Block

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them.

— Eudora Welty

We have to listen to other people's stories. That's the thing. And that's the only way that we eventually get to know ourselves.

— Colum McCann

Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true for them,…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about…

— John Steinbeck

Our lives are stories, and the stories we have to give to each other are the most important. No one has a story too…

— Charles de Lint

“Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: “Who has…

— Brené Brown

We might sort of do our music, talk about experiences that we've been through, but we would never tell the full story that might…

— B-Real

Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies…

— Karen Armstrong

“In order to understand the impact you can have on another's life by listening you need to first be intimate with the experience of…

— Madelaine Standing

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

— John Steinbeck