Listening Quotes

Who speaks, sows; Who listens, reaps. - Argentine Proverb

BORE, n A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
Ambrose Bierce, Cynics Word Book (1906)
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. - Dr Joyce
Brothers
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to
sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill
No man ever listened himself out of a job. - Calvin Coolidge
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
-Ernest Hemingway
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are
already listening to what they are going to say themselves. - Albert Guinon
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So
if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. - Larry King
You learn when you listen. You earn when you listennot just money, but
respect. - Harvey Mackay
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.
-MaoTse-tung

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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows
something. - Wilson Mizner
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
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
M. Scott Peck
The wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard:
Why can't we all be like that bird?
Edward H. Richards
Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.
-Carl Rogers
If speaking is silver, then listening is gold. - Turkish Proverb
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.- Frank Tyger
A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he
may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what
it is he is disagreeing with. - Kenneth A. Wells

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