"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."

Brothers, Dr. Joyce on listening
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"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."

Socrates on listening
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"The first duty of love is to listen."

Tillich, Paul on listening
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"Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly."

Tyger, Frank on listening   

"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble."

Tyger, Frank on listening
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"When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut"

Unknown, Source on listening
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"Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening."

Unknown, Source on listening
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"One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply."

Unknown, Source on listening
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"Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis."

Ward, William A. on listening   

"A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with."

Wells, Kenneth A. on listening
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"To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other."

West, Jessamyn on listening   

"There is a difference between being listened to and being heard."

Anderson, Gillian on listening
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"No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen."

Proverb, Jewish on listening
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"A hungry stomach has no ears."

Proverb on listening   

"It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesn't want to hear."

Cavett, Dick on listening
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"Listen. Don't explain or justify."

Dyer, William G. on listening
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"One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories."

Falls, Rebecca on listening
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"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."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on listening   

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

Hemingway, Ernest on listening
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"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."

Krishnamurti, Jiddu on listening   

"Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?"

Montgomery, Robert on listening
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"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."

Moss, Richard on listening
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"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."

Murphy, Robert C. on listening
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"Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it."

Nichols, Jack on listening   

"Never tell your story to a deaf man."

Proverb on listening
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"With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.""

- Catherine de Hueck Doherty on listening
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