Quotes about listening
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Sir Winston Churchill
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives.
Stephen Covey
Everyone you meet has some interest you don't have. The judicious use of ears will suffice to acquire it.
William Somerset Maugham
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own.
Henry Ford
The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
Ann Landers
The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.
Stephen Covey
Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening? What training or education have you had that enables you to listen so that you really, deeply understand another human being from that individual's own frame of reference?
Stephen Covey
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