Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.

In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.

I spent over 90 percent of my time talking to people who didn’t have to listen to me.

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.

It's so easy to butt into a conversation and offer your own thoughts or opinions, but try not to interrupt. Instead, focus on what the other person is saying, think twice and be the person that listens. It's so much more valuable than constantly talking.

I feel I can connect with anybody. I'm definitely a personality.

When you know you haven't been connecting with, persuading, or getting through to someone, consciously pause before meeting them and say to yourself, 'During this conversation, I am committing to being present and to connecting.'

I like having conversations: you learn a lot about how other people think. If I'm myself and confident, I don't get nervous easily. I try not to make other people uncomfortable - I think that's a very arrogant thing to do.

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

The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.

The art of conversation lies in listening.

It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.

Listen more than you talk.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

I don't know how to talk to people I don't know.

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

I don't know how to work a room. It's a real skill.

I need people - theatrics and schmoozing and storytelling are part of my talent.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.