Ian Warner“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”―
Listening Quotes
1.“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”―
2.“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”―
3.“Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.”―
4.“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”―
5.“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.”―
6.“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”―
7.“There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.”―
8.“We have two ears and one mouth and we should
use them proportionally.”―
9.“You’re short on ears and long on mouth.”―
10.“Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.”―
11.“It’s not at all hard to understand a person; it’s only hard to listen without bias.”―
12.“Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.”―
Listening Quotes
13.“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.”―
14.“The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent’.”―
15.“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.”―
16.“Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening”―
17.“Sometimes it’s not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.”―
18.“You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.”―
19.“An appreciative listener is always stimulating.”―
20.“For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.”―
21.“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.”―
22.“That was the trouble with explaining with words. If you explained with gunpowder, people listened.”
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23.“Do more listening than talking; talk more about them than about you.”―
24.“To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don’t listen to their words, but watch their actions.”―
Listening Quotes
25.“It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.”―
26.“Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.”―
27.“The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.”―
28.“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.”―
29.“Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.”―
30.“You can’t fake listening. It shows.”―
31.“Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.”―
32.“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.”―
33.“Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.”―
34.“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.”
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35.“Nothing changes until people decide to do the things they must, in order to bring about peace.”
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36.“I never miss a good chance to shut up”―
Listening Quotes
37.“Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.”―
38.“The art of conversation lies in listening”―
39.“There’s more than one way to tell each other things, and there’s more than one way to listen, too.”
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40.“When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.”―
41.“The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don’t talk much.”―
42.“For a woman’s words to wound would require a man to listen first!”―
43.“Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation-and for me the most important part is listening to God’s replies.”
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44.“It is silent, an anagram for listen.That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent.”―
45.“Listen with your eyes as well as your ears.”―
46.“When we listen, we hear someone into existence.”―
47.“Death’s life should have listened to the moonly whispers of breathing in the coldest nights”―
48.“Always listen to your soul… it speaks to you, only if you listen!”―
49.“My need to show what I can do is keeping me from finding out what other people can do and what we can do together.”―
50.“Be a generous listener to be a generous contributor.We often listen to respond instead of listening to relate.”
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Ian Warner
Chris Allen
