Listening Quotes

"We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less."
Diogenes Laertius

"One must talk little and listen much." African Proverb

"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something."
Wilson Mizner

"The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than about what others are saying, and we never listen when we are eager to speak."
Francois La Rochefoucauld

"I like to listen.I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.
Most people never listen."
Ernest Hemingway

"No one every listened themselves out of a job."
Calvin Coolidge

"He understands badly who listens badly."
Welsh Proverbs

"One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them."
Dean Rusk

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk."
Doug Larson

"Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story."
Max Ehrmann, from Desiderata

"Every person I work with knows something better than me.
My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it."
Jack Nichols

"Listen to what you know instead of what you fear."
Richard Bach

"When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself."
Plato

"From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
Italian Proverb

"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."
Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious."
Og Mandino

"A good listener is not only popular everwhere, but after a while he knows something."
Wilson Mizner

"Listen to your little one. Show interest in what he is trying to communicate."
Jacquie McTaggart

"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."
James Baldwin

"Do not battle with those you love, put your guard down and listen."
Michelle C. Ustaszeski

"One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories."
Rebecca Falls

"Know how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly."
Plutarch

"Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking."
Bernard Baruch

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Leo Buscaglia

"But, you must REALLY listen. No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your response. Just listen."
Author Unknown, from Eight Gifts That Don't Cost A Cent

"When people compliment someone on being a great communicator, they often mean that the person is a good listener."
Joseph Sommerville, PhD, from The 5 Keys to Interpersonal Success

"Before you speak, listen."
William Arthur Ward, from Before You

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