Listening proverbs

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◆ Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

- Stephen R. Covey99

◆ Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.

- Criss Jami99

◆ We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

- Zeno of Citium99

◆ It takes a great man to be a good listener.

- Calvin Coolidge99

◆ I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older

- Lauren Oliver99

◆ Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

- Bernard M. Baruch99

◆ There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing.

- G.K. Chesterton99

◆ I'm bilingual, speaking English and body language. I prefer the latter, because I can speak it silently and without listening and while my back is turned.

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ I want to spend less time talking about myself, and more time listening to what other people have to say about me.

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ You're short on ears and long on mouth.

- John Wayne99

◆ Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.

- Madeleine L'Engle99

◆ If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

- Brené Brown99

◆ It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias.

- Criss Jami99

◆ The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

- William Hazlitt99

◆ The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.

- Ralph G. Nichols99