Listening Quotes

It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.

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

Give me an ear and I will give you a Voice.

There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

We are more anxious to speak than to be heard.

These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

It is the disease of not listening......that I am troubled with.

The truly educated can listen to any view without losing their temper or self-confidence.

I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A better idea than my own is to listen.

Never ask who's right. Start out by asking what is right. And you find that out by listening to dissenting, disagreeing opinions.

If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen.

Most people don't know how to listen because the major part of their attention is taken up by thinking.

It's not about what you're saying, it's about how you listen.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

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

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.

When you were called, did you answer or did you not? Perhaps softly and in a whisper?

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the river. Listen to the ocean.

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.

Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.

The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.

Learn to speak by listening.

The god of dirt came up to me many times and said so many wise and delectable things, I lay on the grass listening to his dog voice, frog voice; now, he said, and now, and never once mentioned forever from, One or Two Things

Take the emotional temperature of those listening to you. Facial expressions, voice inflection and posture give clues to a person's mood and attitude.

Listening is an important key to HEARING.

You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.

There’s a difference between listening passively and listening aggressively. To listen with your heart, you have to listen actively.

I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.

Flexibility, openness and softness are consorting with life. When you are rigid and you know the answer and don't listen to other people's point of view, you are consorting with death. Everything that is old and close to death is brittle and breaks apart including our thinking. So always stay flexible and soft and listen to others with caring. And truthfully, all of the verses hit me - especially when you think about them for days, and then write on them.

Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.

I pride myself in listening. When you have people paying attention to you, your biggest job is to listen what they want. Deliver what your community wants.

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

It"s good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you"ve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; you"ll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you"ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

The receptive attitude enables one mind to fix itself to another as by spiritual grappling-irons. When you see that every word you utter us taken in, and weighed, and measured by your listener, you cannot free yourself from the influence of his presence. You are compelled to have in your thoughts not only the words you utter, but the man to whom they are spoken. You must not only talk, and talk well, but you must talk to him.

Instead of considering that the worst way to persuade or please others is to try thus strongly to please ourselves, and that to listen well and to answer well are some of the greatest charms we can have in conversation.

No more words. In the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. So the nightbirds will start singing.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

An answer to a question no one asked is a wasted answer.

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.

I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening.

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.

You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow.

Listening is love in action.

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

When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.

Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.

The orator puts off his individuality, and is then most eloquent when most silent. He listens while he speaks, and is a hearer along with his audience.

No more words. Hear only the voice within.

We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.