Quotes About Listening

Ask before offering advice or reassurance.

I think that's the key [of communication] - to not use one method of communication for all people.

Empathize with silence by listening for the feelings and needs behind it.

Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.

When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

Of those who say nothing, few are silent.

We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue.

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

I think communication is key, too. You're answering all the questions. Thank you. I'll just sit back here.

Your communication should not be for you. Your communication should be a service vehicle to reach the other person. Talking is for the other person. Listening is for you.

One thing talk can't accomplish is communication. This is because everybody's talking too much to pay attention to what anyone is saying

We know the speaker has received adequate empathy when a. we sense a release of tension, or b. the flow of words comes to a halt.

No communication takes place until the other person feels heard

When you speak, ask questions. Don't lecture.

Communication is the key to successful relationships.

If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes.

The true value of communication is often not so much what you say to each other but the simple, powerful fact that you care enough to say something to each other so often.

When we speak quietly one to another things somehow get settled.

Communication is not what we say, but what you hear (which is a lesson I wish our educational system understood)

We give empathy to others for our own benefit.

Talk to people, not above them.

They have most likely said it because they have an unmet need.

Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves.