Quotes About Listening

There must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.

Be good to yourself. Listen to your body, to your heart. We're very hard on ourselves, and we're always feeling like we're not doing enough. It's a terribly hard job.

The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk a lot. Thus, good schmoozer's are good listeners, not good talkers.

A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.

All problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.

It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.

I think a good director is a good listener.

Just listen to your body, eat in silence and see what feels good and you will spontaneously choose the foods that are beneficial to you.

Entrepreneurs need to listen. They don't need to be good listeners (although it can only help) but they need to know when to listen.

Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.

Mick's not good on his own problems, but he's very good at other people's. He's been wonderful over the years. I don't mean I ring him up every week, but he's fantastic.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.

If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.

Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too.

I'm passionate about the issues that I care about and I'm a really good listener.

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

Good therapy helps. Good friends help. Pretending that we are doing better than we are doesn't. Shame doesn't. Being heard does.

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

Let people speak. Let people disagree. Communicate. Listen. Have high-respect, if not for your opponent, then for your own comportment and conduct as a good listener.

Stop eating junk. Be a good listener and a loyal friend.