Quotes About Listening

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas.

Listening to other people's needs is listening to God. Noticing simple, natural beauty, hearing music, even confronting the challenge of pain and problems - that can all be listening to God too.

If you're really listening, if you're awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly.

The best way to deal with excessive thinking is to just listen to it, to listen to the mind. Listening is much more effective than trying to stop thought or cut it off.

My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.

The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.

The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.

What's the best way of communicating in the world today? Television? No. Telegraph? No. Telephone? No. Tell a woman.

People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics.

The best way to find things out is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun - bang it goes

I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people in Detroit have to say about Detroit. My best education is actually talking to people.

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens, how confusions that seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard.

The best presenters have conversations with their audiences.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

Sell to their needs-not from yours.

A genuinely humble attitude is one of the greatest skills in business. Because it compels us to LISTEN and LEARN.

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.

Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business.

Listen for "Moments" — and Make it Personal

Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far more than dictating demands.

Understand this: If you pay attention to the client, he will pay attention to your product.

Thank your customer for complaining and mean it. Most will never bother to complain. They'll just walk away.