Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

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

I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.

[John F.] Kennedy was a great listener. As he listened his eyes got larger, and he looked at you, and you knew you had been looked at and listened to.

I think I am quite a good listener.

A good listener goes a long way.

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.

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

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

I've learned to listen in all aspects of life, in all relationships and communications. The biggest lesson is to listen.

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.

Listen more often than you speak.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.

So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow who is.

I'm intrigued that the same letters from the alphabet are used in the word silent and in the word listen. Perhaps it's evidence that the most important part of listening involves remaining silent.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

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.