Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The art of conversation lies in listening.

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

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

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

Listen more often than you speak.

I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

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

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

If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information.

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.

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

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

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

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

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.

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.

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

Listen more than you talk.

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