Famous Quotes about Listening (53 Quotations)

Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Listening: A wise old owl sat in an oak. The longer he sat, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why can't we be like that wise old bird?

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.

Never tell your story to a deaf man.

No one every listened themselves out of a job.

No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply.

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

One who cares is one who listens.

Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.

Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening.

People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.

Set up the listening. Prepare who you are talking to for what you want them to hear. Get people to listen as a possibility rather than a problem.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

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.

The first duty of love is to listen.