We all need to spend more time listening and less time talking. After all, that’s why we have 2 ears and 1 mouth. If you need someone to work on their deep listening and be actively focusing on others, or maybe not actually listening to the opinions of others, then I’ve created this list of quotes.
Best Quotes About Listening
1. Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self.
2. Listen with ears of tolerance.
3. Part of being successful is about asking questions and listening to the answers.
4. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
5. Listening is an effect. Communication is cause.
6. All wisdom was the result of listening to one’s own soul.
7. One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
8. Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have rather talked.
9. The most basic of all human needs is to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
10. When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
11. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
12. You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.
13. When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.
14. Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter.
15. Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
16. When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
17. We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.
18. The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listens.
19. Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
20. Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine.
21. It’s a phenomenon that people treat lightly, and it should not be treated lightly. It’s something that is essential to human beings: listening to stories.
22. I listened more than I studied, therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.
23. Listening is the secret to discovering great stories.
24. Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart.
25. Listen with your mouth closed and your heart open.
26. Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.
27. You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen – not just money but respect.
28. You can’t fake listening. It shows.
29. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
30. For listening to the stories of others … is a kind of water that breaks the fever of our isolation. If we listen closely enough, we are soothed into remembering our common name.
31. Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.
32. Listen with your eyes as well as your ears.
33. The art of conversation lies in listening.
34. Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
35. The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don’t talk much.
36. The earth has music for those who listen.
37. Listen with grace, with no judgment, without imposing the law.
38. It takes a great man to be a good listener.
39. Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
40. Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it.
41. Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
42. Bravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it a loved one or perceived foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do.
43. Listen with your heart, you will understand.
44. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
