Enjoy this collection of my favorite quotes on listening.

“There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.” ― G.K. Chesterton

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” – Stephen R. Covey

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.” – Alice Miller

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” – Peter Drucker

“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.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.” – Sue Patton Thoele

“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.” – Karl A. Menniger

“One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other’s stories.” – Rebecca Falls

“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.” – Leo Buscaglia

“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.” – Joyce Brothers

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” – Bryant H. McGill

“A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.” – Brendan Behan

“The first duty of love is to listen.” – Paul Tillich

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well” – John Marshall

“When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.” – Richard Ford

“If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.” – Brian Eno

“Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn’t listening.” – Emma Thompson

“It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesn’t want to hear.” – Dick Cavett

“Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.” – Alan Alda

“There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people’s concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.” – Bill de Blasio

“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.” – Jane Goodall

“It takes a great man to be a good listener.” ― Calvin Coolidge

“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.” – Bernard Baruch

“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.” – Larry Kin

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.” ― Epictetus

“When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.” – Lillian Smith

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