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Quotes about listening
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
One who cares is one who listens. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
No one every listened themselves out of a job. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be! (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
A person hears only what they understand. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk? (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frightened. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
Set up the listening. Prepare who you are talking to for what you want them to hear. Get people to listen as a possibility rather than a problem. (Brothers Dr. Joyce)
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