Rolf Harris Quotes

People like to know you're listening, and something as simple as a clarification question shows not only that you are listening but that you also care about what they're saying. You'll be surprised how much respect and appreciation you gain just by asking good questions.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth. People who feel like they're being listened to feel accepted and appreciated. They feel like they're being taken seriously and what they say really matters.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

People want to feel understood by their leaders.

When people are saying something to you, you gotta listen to them.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

The measure of a conversation is how much mutual recognition there is in it; how much shared there is in it. If you're talking about what's in your own head, or without thought to what people looking and listening will feel, you might as well be in a room talking to yourself.

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

In my experience with women that I've dated and my wife now, is you have to know what they care about. And even if you aren't a huge fan of it, you still have to have interest in it and it has to be genuine because women do it for men all the time.

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.

Folks want to be listened to, they want to be heard.

If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.