"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
Jimi Hendrix
Listening Quotes
38 FAMOUS QUOTES · LISTENING
Listening Quotes
Read 38 famous listening quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
"Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new."Dalai Lama
"When people talk, listen completely."Ernest Hemingway
“Listen to understand, not to win. Marriage isn't a debate competition.”
WebFunFacts Team
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
Robert Frost
“It is a sad thing to think that nature speaks and mankind doesn't listen.”
Victor Hugo
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.”
George Washington Carver
“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.”
Doug Larson
"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something."
Wilson Mizner
"It takes a great man to be a good listener."
Calvin Coolidge
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
Jimi Hendrix
“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
Plutarch