“I believe in listening to the - what calls you from your heart and your spirit and if you do it badly, like learning to dance, you do it badly or you're going to kick yourself when you grow old and you meant to do it.” IfsBelieveHeartSpiritI BelieveGrowsListeningI Believe InKicks Author:Anne Lamott
“Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen, to love with our whole hearts, even though there's no guarantee... to practice gratitude and joy in those moments of terror, to be this vulnerable means that we’re alive.” PeopleFeelsBelieveHeartMeanEnoughWholeMomentsJoyI BelievePracticeAliveListeningGratitudeGratefulTerrorVulnerableGuaranteesKinderSo GratefulI'm Alive Author:Brené Brown
“I think it could be argued that I am not heard, in the broadest sense. That is not my concern. My concern, a question really, is, do I have the courage to speak? If I speak I believe someone will respond. It then becomes my responsibility to listen to that person. And in listening, together we create a space where people can be heard. It's the conversation that I care most deeply about; this is the space I want to honor, respect, and protect. This is my faith in the open space of democracy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelievePersonsCareTogetherSpeakI BelieveSpaceResponsibilityDemocracyHeardListeningHonorProtectConversationConcernI CareOpen Spaces Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“I believe in spiritualism. It's like, when you listen to music or something and then you're sort of primed. If you're an artist, you're sort of primed and inspired, and you start drawing, you sort of have the spirit of what you're listening to, still in you. You just have sort of an inspiration.” IfsBelieveStillsInspirationSpiritArtistI BelieveListeningInspiredI Believe InDrawingListening To MusicSpiritualism Author:Daniel Johnston
“I'm particularly keen on promoting this [Nikolai] Medtner piece, Night Wind, because I feel it is a fantastic work that hasn't been given its due yet. Admittedly, it's difficult for both the performer and the listener. The work is quite dense, comparatively long, as these things go, and demands rather active listening. But it's gripping, and I believe it should be heard much more than it has been.” FeelsShouldBelieveLongHas BeensNightGivenI BelieveDifficultPiecesHeardWindListeningDemandActiveDuesFantasticPerformersListenersPromotingDenseGripping Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“I don't want to be elected president to sit around and see gridlock just become so dominant that people literally decline in their lives. That's not my motivation. I have a lot of cool things to do other than sitting around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and being compelled to demonize them. That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that. If you want somebody who has a heart for people, who can fight for people, and can fix these things, then there are a couple other people, and I believe I'm the best one.” PeopleIfsWantBelieveHeartMotivationFightingI BelievePresidentListeningTrumpCoupleJokesSittingMiserableThings To DoDeclineDominantCompelledSitting AroundCool ThingsGridlock Author:Jeb Bush
“If you ask me about music and how things should be played, I believe that music-making is the combination of having learned how to do something right, what one feels is right to do in the moment, and the way the audience is listening.” IfsWayFeelsShouldBelieveMomentsAsksI BelieveAudienceListeningCombinationAsk MeMusic Making Author:Michala Petri
“English was my fourth language. I arrived, I enrolled in public school, as a child, I believe I was about six years old when we finally landed in Michigan. And I was initially put in special education because I couldn't quite wrap my mind around the English language because I was listening to Hungarian and Albanian and German. My mind broke down like I couldn't quite wrap my mind around the fourth language.” YearsMindBelieveChildrenSchoolLanguageI BelieveSpecialListeningSixBrokeFourthPublic SchoolEnglish LanguageWrapsMichiganSix Year OldsHungariansAlbanianSpecial Education Author:Masiela Lusha
“I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveLeaderListeningGood Leader Author:Richard Branson
“I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.” IfsGivingBelieveInspirationI BelieveHealthListeningHealthyCapableHealth Care Author:Pedro Martinez
“I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good 'inner ear' - the art of being able to decipher musical components solely through listening - is the most important element in becoming a good musician.” NeedsBelieveArtImportantAbleI BelieveListeningBecomingElementsMusicianEarsImportanceMusicalDevelopingComponentsDecipher Author:Steve Vai