Citium Zeno Quotes

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Listen more than you speak.

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

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

Oh, listen a lot and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.

Listen more than you talk.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.

Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

Listen more often than you speak.

That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

... all of us talk faster than we listen.

If you are not able to be silent, you will not be able to speak well.

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

I think the whole world should try not talking for a day.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.