Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.
Be loyal to your boss, your company, your co-workers. Someone is always listening.
Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.
No man ever listened himself out of a job.
Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.
Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.
Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.
Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
I’m not ashamed, or embarrassed. I’m happy that I grew up listening to gospel music and came from where I came from. I feel like I have a history and a story. That’s what I am and that’s what I’ll always be from. I was never running away from it.
The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.
Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.
Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.
You can tell a person’s past, present and future by listening to the words they use.