Listening Quotes

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

The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen.
Roy E. Moody

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

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway

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

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

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility.
Nikki Giovanni

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Peter F. Drucker

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
Wilson Mizner

You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.
Robert Frost

It takes a great man to make a good listener.
Arthur Helps

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

It's a mistake to think we listen only with our ears. It's much more important to listen with the mind, the eyes, the body, and the heart. Unless you truly want to understand the other person, you'll never be able to listen.
Mark Herndon

LISTEN TO RELAXING MUSIC - Music can have a powerful effect on your state. I'm sure there have been times when you heard a piece of music and suddenly you felt great.
Matt Clarkson

I've never learned anything while I was talking.
Larry King

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Frank Tyger

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

If your morning drive to the office finds you discouraged by listening to negative morning news, consider creating a new environment by listening to your favorite music or to inspirational talks.
Krista Regedanz

Listen, learn, change
David Gergen

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

Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn’t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
Hugh Elliott

We listen in order to learn and retain information. If we are speaking, we are not listening or learning anything to add to our sum of knowledge. This is why the first step to effective listening is to stop talking!
Ken Fracaro

As the psychologist Carl Jung said, mid-life is a time to listen deeply to your heart. Whether we plan for this or not, midlife can be a period of transition and reappraisal.
Craig Nathanson

Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening.
Catherine Doucette

Serenity Prayer