listening Quotes

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

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

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

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.