Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.

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

Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind; intelligence decrees that you must listen to learn.

I know to shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about.

When you know how to listen everyone is the guru

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.

As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Men should friendly confer together, and offer one another their gifts and knowledge in love, and try things one with another, and hold that which is best, and not so stand in their own opinion as if they could not err.

There's something to be learned by listening and absorbing and watching before you start telling the people who have been there how to rearrange chairs.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.