National Listening Day

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;

courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

— Winston Churchill

"If speaking is silver, then listening is gold."

— Turkish Proverb

Ear - Our Hearing Organ

lis * ten     (lis' en)
1. To make an effort to hear something.  2. To pay attention; heed.  3. An act of listening.

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them.

- Etheopian Proverb

 

 



Hearing in the Brain



"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."

— Hubert Humphrey

"Listening looks easy, but it's not simple. Every head is a world."

— Cuban Proverb

Heart and Soul - Hearing Deeply

Who speaks, sows; Who listens, reaps.

— Argentine Proverb

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.

- Indian Proverb

 

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this:

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak

and slow to become angry

James 1:19