Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk. ― Doug Larson.
Why we should listen to others? Being a good listener fosters meaningful relationships with those around you. Finally, listening to others, and listening well, is important for your personal development because it allows you to expand your horizon. We do this by listening.
I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions. — Lee Iacocca.
Why we must listen when communicating? Listening is key to all effective communication. Without the ability to listen effectively, messages are easily misunderstood. As a result, communication breaks down and the sender of the message can easily become frustrated or irritated.
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Here is the wise listen quotes collection
1. One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. ― Bryant H. McGill
2. If you make listening and observation your occupation, you will gain much more than you can by talk. ― Robert Baden-Powell
3. Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. ― Karl A. Menniger
4. Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening. ― Jeanette Winterson
5. The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said. ― Peter Drucker
6. The art of conversation lies in listening. ― Malcolm Forbes
7. When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. ― Ernest Hemingway
8. Sometimes all a person wants be an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort. ― Roy T. Bennett
9. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ― Leo Buscaglia
10. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. ― Stephen R. Covey
11. Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words. ― Roy T. Bennett
12. Listening is being able to be changed by the other person. ― Alan Alda
13. 7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Important
- Use their name.
- Express sincere gratitude.
- Do more listening than talking.
- Talk more about them than about you.
- Be authentically interested.
- Be sincere in your praise.
- Show you care. ― Roy T. Bennett
14. Don’t Just
Don’t just learn, experience.
Don’t just read, absorb.
Don’t just change, transform.
Don’t just relate, advocate.
Don’t just promise, prove.
Don’t just criticize, encourage.
Don’t just think, ponder.
Don’t just take, give.
Don’t just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don’t just hear, listen.
Don’t just talk, act.
Don’t just tell, show.
Don’t just exist, live. ― Roy T. Bennett
15. Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer. ― Ed Cunningham
16. We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say. ― Zeno of Citium
17. Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking. ― Bernard M. Baruch
18. It takes a great man to be a good listener. ― Calvin Coolidge
19. There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing. ― G. K. Chesterton
20. Of all the skills of leadership, listening is the most valuable and one of the least understood.
Most captains of industry listen only sometimes, and they remain ordinary leaders. But a few, the great ones, never stop listening.
That’s how they get word before anyone else of unseen problems and opportunities. — Peter Nulty
21. The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it. — Roger Nash Baldwin