Harvey Mackay Quotes

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.

Folks want to be listened to, they want to be heard.

If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things.

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

Sometimes, the best thing to do is just to sit down and listen to another person's experience and listen how they express themselves and want to be seen by others.

During the writing of all of my books, I've learned that, most of all, people want to know that someone is listening and - this is the tricky part - remembering.

If you listen to a woman, you'll know what she wants.

I think, in a world of mouths, I want to be an ear.

Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about them, they begin to care about you. And when people care about you, your success becomes a part of how they define their success.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

It's so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase 'quality time' means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as you rush out.

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

Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.

I remember very vividly what it's like to be a child. The adults you liked were the ones who listened to you when you spoke and gave you time to say what you wanted to say and actually listened, and quite often reacted as a result of what you'd said.

In my experience with women that I've dated and my wife now, is you have to know what they care about. And even if you aren't a huge fan of it, you still have to have interest in it and it has to be genuine because women do it for men all the time.

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

My job isn't to fix or rescue or to save. It's to accompany, see people, listen to them.

People want to feel understood by their leaders.