Listening Quotes:
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. -Robert Louis Stevenson
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something. -Wilson Mizner
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. -Epictetus
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. -Native American Indian Proverb
If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners. -Robert Brault
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk. -Doug Larson
The first duty of love is to listen. -Paul Tillich
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like that wise old bird? -Author Unknow
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 his is disagreeing with. -Kenneth A. Wells
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. -Igor Stravinsky
No man would listen to you talk if he didn’t know it was his turn next. -Edgar Watson Howe
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat. -Katherine Whitehorn
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. -Woodrow Wilson
Big egos have little ears. -Robert Schuller
Know how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly. -Plutarch
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have any quotes about listening you can share?
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
My favorite one. Very very true. I work with developmentally disabled adults, and if people would just do this one thing they might be able to meet the individual’s needs a little better…
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Hello Shawn,
Wonderful quotes, wise thoughts, thankyou for sharing. After reading them it reminded me of a song I love, so her are the lyricks, I hope you enjoy:
“Listen With Your Heart”
When you can’t find your way through the night
When you’ve lost touch and nothings feeling right
You can’t find that path that leads you on
And you don’t know which road to choose
That’s when you’ve got to
Listen with your heart
Listen to your soul
Inside you’ll find the answer
The place you need to go
Listen with your heart
Your heart will let you know
No matter where you are
Just listen and your heart will lead you home
And when this world has got your mind confused
And when your faith has gone and run out on you
You can’t find that faith in your soul
You don’t know which road to choose
That’s when you’ve got to
Listen with your heart
Listen to your soul
Inside you’ll find the answer
The place you need to go
Listen with your heart
Your heart will let you know
No matter where you are
The truth is never far
Just listen and your heart will lead you home
We all lose our way some times
we all lose our faith sometimes
If you just believe and just be strong your heart will take you home
Listen with your heart
Listen to your soul
Inside you’ll find the answer
The place you need to go
Listen with your heart
Your heart will let you know
No matter where you are
The truth is never far
Just listen and your heart will lead you home
The truth is never far
Just listen and your heart will lead you home
CASEY DONOVAN LYRICS
I feel these were pretty much aimed at me bcs I’m not very patient with listening especially if I hold the opinion that the other person is saying rubbish.
Great quotes Shawn! I have one along those lines on speaking…
If your lips should keep from slips, 5 things you should beware,
of whom you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
Author Unknown
Hi Shawn!one positive note I’ve learned,To listen is to know.thanks
A good listener sees what you are saying!