Listening Quotes

"We are committed to a continuous engagement with our people to explain government policies, receive advice and criticism."

"There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear."

Frank Tyger

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."

Peter Drucker

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer."

"It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak, and another to hear."

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

Doug Larson

"Whatever is heard, from whomever it is heard, to discern its true meaning is wisdom."

Thiruvalluvar

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

"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."

"Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though. That's the problem."

Benjamin Hoff

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

"Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force."

Brenda Ueland

"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."

Bryant H. McGill

"The first duty of love is to listen."

Paul Tillich

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."

Stephen Covey

"The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much."

Germain G. Glidden

"Listening is being able to be changed by the other person."

Alan Alda

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

Ram Dass

“As soon as I reach any town, I talk to the shoe-shine boys or the barbers or the people in the restaurants, because it's Mr. Joe Doakes who is very close to reality.”

“If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.”

“It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.”

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

“When people talk, listen completely.”

"Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis."

William Osler

"Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us."

Rachel Naomi Remen