Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

There is so much to be learned from listening to people's hopes, frustrations, and points of view

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

We must put ourselves in the place of those who are to hear us

For most of your career, what you're trying to do is to step into other people's shoes.

The chance to talk to so many people and understand what they're thinking about and why it matters is really, really so interesting. When you're doing that, you have to truly listen to what people are saying. You can't just pretend to listen.

We must all try to empathize before we criticize. Ask someone what's wrong before telling them they are wrong.

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

You have to walk in the other guy's moccasins. You have to think what they think. If you want to bring somebody onto your side, you have to figure out what motivates them. What do they need?

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.

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

One of the reasons I write is to be in other people's skin.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater.

I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people.

The fact is that the learning process goes on, and so long as the voices are not stilled and the singers go on singing some of it gets through.

It’s important for me to hear others position and understand them.