1. “I like listening to music and driving. How do you say… It’s the only way I can ‘chillax.”
2. “Turn off the radio, TV, DVD, iPod, computer and cell phone. Then, listen.”
3. “Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.”
4. “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
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5. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.”
6. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
7. “A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
8. “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it.”
9. “Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.”
10. “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
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11. “Be loyal to your boss, your company, your co-workers. Someone is always listening.”
12. “Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.”
13. “A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.”
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14. “Of all human activities, man’s listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.”
15. “I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings.”
16. “Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.”
17. “Open your ears to God before you open your mouth to others.”
18. “If you tell stories, you like nothing so much as to tell them to people who want to listen.”
19. “Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.”
20. “You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.”
21. “Listen like every sentence matters; talk like every word counts.”
22. “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”
23. “During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.”
24. “There’s a time for words and a time for silence. If you’re listening, you’ll hear the difference.”
25. “Well, talking to girls is easy. They’ll tell you everything. The secret to talking is listening”
26. “The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”
27. “How many of us have a true friend who loves what we do and is willing to listen for hours?”
28. “I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.”
29. “I delight in talking politics. I talk them all day long. But I can’t bear listening to them.”
30. “I’m listening to Aphex Twin. That makes me cultured and interesting.”
31. “When we listen, we hear someone into existence.”
32. “One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody’s listening.”
33. “Sometimes the most influential thing we can do is listen.”
34. “Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.”
35. “When I’m in my car, I’m listening to books, audio books, always.”
36. “True wisdom listens more, talks less, and can get along with all types of people.”
37. “Lead by listening – to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.”
38. “Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.”
39. “One of the greatest skills any leader can master is becoming comfortable with silence.”
40. “The size of your audience doesn’t matter. What’s important is that your audience is listening.”
41. “Part of being successful is about asking questions and listening to the answers.”
42. “All narrative begins for me as listening. When I read, I listen. When I write, I listen — for silence, inflection, rhythm, rest.”
43. “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
44. “Listening is power, listening to yourself is a superpower!”
45. “An effective leader is also an effective listener.”
46. “We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.”
47. “An appreciative listener is always stimulating.”
48. “You can tell a person’s past, present and future by listening to the words they use.”
49. “No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.”
50. “Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player – more than listening to a teacher – is the best way to get it.”
51. “Most of the old moles I know with they had listened less to their fears and more to their dreams.”
52. “Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to.”
53. “Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening that talking.”
54. “Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.”
55. “Those who are quick in talking are not always quick in listening. Sometimes even their brilliancy produces a sort of stupidity.”
56. “Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.”
57. “When you’re following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.”
58. “Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.”
59. “I didn’t do it for the money. I did it because the music is better if someone is listening to it.”
60. “If you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it?”
61. “Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them”
62. “And so I had him thinking of me as a good conversationalist when, in reality, I had been merely a good listener and had encouraged him to talk.”
63. “Listen to them! How wholly infused with God is this one big word of love that we call the world!”
64. “Leaders who refuse to listen will soon find themselves surrounded by people with nothing to say.”
65. “You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.”
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66. “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”
67. “People don’t listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.”
68. “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.”
69. “It is hard to engage in listening to another person with empathy if you are waiting for the spotlight to shine back on you.”
70. “When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.”
71. “Keep listening to music, it gets you through everything. I promise”
72. “No man ever listened himself out of a job.”
73. “Right to speak comes with a duty to listen.”
74. “God speaks to us every day only we don’t know how to listen.”
75. “To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It’s a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.”
76. “Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!”
77. “People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say ‘No’ to you.”
78. “I just kind of listen and nod because Patrick needs to talk.”
79. “They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.”
80. “One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.”
81. “I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and i realize that i’m listening to it.”
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82. “The word LISTEN contains the same letters as the word SILENT.”
83. “When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen.”
84. “Dancing is sometimes more important than listening to the music.”
85. “In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.”
86. “I listened and looked so hard that my ears hurt and my eyes got cloudy with the cold.”
87. “There is a difference between truly listening and waiting for your turn to talk.”
88. “Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”
89. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
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90. “Listening is not the same as hearing and hearing is not the same as listening.”
91. “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”
92. “You’re a good kid. I think you have a lot to say. I’d like to hear it.”
93. “Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.”
94. “Be careful how you are talking to yourself because you are listening.”
95. “If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.”
96. “Listening is a master skill for personal and professional greatness.”
97. “Listening may not be the most exciting part of conversation, but it’s essential if you want to have a meaningful exchange with another person.”
98. “The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.”
99. “Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.”
100. “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.”
