Quotes on ‘Listening’

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Listen, or thy tongue will keep thee deaf

– Native American proverb

It takes a great man to be a good listener

– Calvin Coolidge

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak

- Epicteus

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

- Hemingway

Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens

- Hendrix

He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that

- John Stuart Mill

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting

- Mark Twain

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech

- Martin Tupper

Instead of listening to what is being said to them, many managers are already listening to what they are going to say

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People are more apt to trust and respect you when what you say and what you do match up

A good listener is not only popular everywhere; but after a while he gets to know something

- Wilson Mizner

People will think for themselves when you stop doing it for them

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake

– Aristotle

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never; ever the same.

– unknown

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

- Gloria Steinem

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

— Woodrow Wilson

Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.

— Phillip StanhopeEarl of Chesterfield

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

— Publilius Syrus

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch—that is, who should be listened to and when.

— Max De Pree

You have to be willing sometimes to listen to some remarkable bad opinions. Because if you say to someone, 'That's the silliest thing I've ever heard; get on out of here!'—then you'll never get anything out of that person again, and you might as well have a puppet on a string or a robot.

— John Bryan

Effective questioning brings insight, which fuels curiosity, which cultivates wisdom.

— Chip Bell

Silence is a source of great strength.

— Lao Tzu

We should never pretend to know what we don't know, we should not feel ashamed to ask and learn from people below, and we should listen carefully to the views of the cadres at the lowest levels. Be a pupil before you become a teacher; learn from the cadres at the lower levels before you issue orders.

— Mao Tse-tung

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.

— Ralph Nichols

Effective listeners remember that "words have no meaning - people have meaning." The assignment of meaning to a term is an internal process; meaning comes from inside us. And although our experiences, knowledge and attitudes differ, we often misinterpret each other’s messages while under the illusion that a common understanding has been achieved.

— Larry Barker

Bore, noun: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

— Ambrose Bierce

An actor’s a guy who if you ain’t talkin’ about him, ain’t listening.

— Marlon Brando

It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear."

— Dick Cavett

Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

- Abbie Hoffman

Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away.

- Antoine de Saint Exupery

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

- Epictetus

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!

- G C Lichtenberg

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

They talk most who have the least to say.

- Mathew Prior

I have often regretted my speech never my silence.

- Xenocrates

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