Penelope Wilton Quotes

Listen if you want to be heard

I think listening to people is helpful.

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

Everybody hears, but few listen.

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

It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening.

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.

Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.

I'm a darned good listener.

I am running on the fact that I am doing a good job listening to people.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.

I think it is really important that I am always listening.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work, after you work, in between work, with your children, with your husband, with your friends, with your mother, with your father. It's everything. And it's where you learn everything.

Unless you listen, people are weazened in your presence; they become about a third of themselves. Unless you listen, you can't know anybody. Oh, you will know facts and what is in the newspapers and all of history, perhaps, but you will not know one single person. You know, I have come to think listening is love, that's what it really is.

Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very beings. The beauty of listening is that those who are listened to start feeling accepted, start taking our words more seriously and discovering their true selves.

When you ask for help listen. It's one thing to ask the question and it's another thing to listen to the answer. Many people ask questions but they do not like what they hear and so they pretend that they heard nothing at all.

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.

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

There is a craft and a power in listening.

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

Communication is the ability to ensure that people understand not only what you say but also what you mean. It is also the ability to listen to and understand others. Developing both of these aspects of communication takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work.

Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.