Quotes About Engagement

to be genuinely interested in other people is a most important quality for a sales-person to possess—for any person, for that matter.

Keep busy. The worried person must lose himself in action, lest he wither in despair.

it was necessary to bait the hook to suit the fish.

Publilius Syrus, remarked: 'We are interested in others when they are interested in us.

Shaw once remarked: "If you teach a man anything, he will never learn." Shaw was right. Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.

there is no such thing as a neutral exchange. You leave someone either a little better or a little worse.

the only way on earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.

I have discovered from personal experience that one can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

Very important people have told me that they prefer good listeners to good talkers, but the ability to listen seems rarer than almost any other good trait.

You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.

Everyone who was ever a guest of Theodore Roosevelt was astonished at the range and diversity of his knowledge. Whether his visitor was a cowboy or a Rough Rider, a New York politician or a diplomat, Roosevelt knew what to say. And how was it done? The answer was simple. Whenever Roosevelt expected a visitor, he sat up late the night before, reading up on the subject in which he knew his guest was particularly interested.

Become genuinely interested in other people.

Let me repeat that. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

So the only way on earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.

There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it. Remember, there is no other way.

Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you is very important. Nothing else is so flattering as that.

we like speakers to talk with, and not at, us.

People trudge through most days with little excitement in their lives. But our digital age provides so many opportunities to give people an authentic view of who you are or what your company strives to be, thus creating touch points of commonality that draw you into closer friendship with others.

This man declared that during all that time he had never heard Owen D. Young give a direct order to anyone. He always gave suggestions, not orders. Owen D. Young never said, for example, "Do this or do that," or "Don't do this or don't do that." He would say, "You might consider this," or "Do you think that would work?" Frequently he would say, after he had dictated a letter, "What do you think of this?

People work for money but go the extra mile for praise, recognition, and rewards.

Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

He declared he never stepped in front of the footlights without first saying to himself over and over: I love my audience. I love my audience.