Listening Quotes
35 quotations about Listening
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesn't want to hear.
One who cares is one who listens.
No one every listened themselves out of a job.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.
Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!
The older I grow the more I listen to people who don't talk much.
A person hears only what they understand.
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them.
Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
Never tell your story to a deaf man.
A hungry stomach has no ears.
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
Authors on Listening
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Abigail Van Buren
Dick Cavett
J. Richard Clarke
Calvin Coolidge
William G. Dyer
Epictetus
Rebecca Falls
James Dillet Freeman
Germain G. Glien
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Ernest Hemingway
Victor Hugo
Hubert H. Humphrey
Roger G. Imhoff
Jewish Proverb
John Marshall
Walter Matthau
Mignon McLaughlin
Wilson Mizner