Mary Kay Ash Quotes

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

Here is why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. ...I beg of you, pretend you are a dog like me and LISTEN to other people rather than steal their stories.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.

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.

Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

You have to learn that people are always listening.

When one is not understood one should as a rule lower one's voice, because when one really speaks loudly enough and is not heard, it is because people do not want to hear. One had better begin to mutter to oneself, then they get curious.

Gary Cooper - the greatest listener in the world! And he used to answer in kind, which is wonderful because you don't see that anymore. People don't listen. They really don't.

I really believe being a good listener is important for anybody, and particularly for somebody who wants to be a leader.

Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.

I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered and tune people out and just kind of get really me-focused, so I think communication for actors is a big challenge actually.

If people don't want to listen to you, what makes you think they want to hear from your sweater?

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

I think listening to people is helpful.

I have trouble listening to people tell me about their dreams.

You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.

People are always trying to tell you how they feel. Some of them say it outright, and some of them, they tell you with their actions. And you have to listen. I don't know what will happen with your lady friend. I think she's a nice person, and I hope you get what you want. But do me a favor: Listen, and don't ignore what you hear.

A skilled listener can help people tap into their own wisdom.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

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.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.