(1663 quotes found)
“Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.”
William Arthur Ward
“If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.”
Bill Watterson
“Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely”
Chinese Proverbs
“When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.”
Florence Griffith Joyner
“Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening”
Dorothy Sarnoff
“One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.”
Franklin P. Jones
“If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.”
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.”
Howard Thurman
