Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

We need to learn to observe and listen to people more to get to know them.

I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can.

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

You don't accomplish a lot by changing people's opinions by shoving facts down their throat. I think you change people's opinions by opening your heart up and showing the parallels between you and another person. That's how people's ideas shift.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

People want to feel understood by their leaders.

Listening is a master skill for personal and professional greatness.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

Before I judge someone, I need to talk to them and learn what their journey's are.

Over the years, I just started paying a lot more attention not to whether I was right or wrong, but just to how I make people feel.

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

The chance to talk to so many people and understand what they're thinking about and why it matters is really, really so interesting. When you're doing that, you have to truly listen to what people are saying. You can't just pretend to listen.

Getting to know people as they are is very, very important.

The greatest skill that I have is what the viewer has: I listen. I try to listen silently.

Women love to talk, so you gotta be the guy that listens - not just listens but is interested.

The most powerful force when changing people's hearts and minds is a person-to-person conversation.

I just feel if everyone could sit down and talk to me, they'd be like, 'Oh, she's not scary at all.'