Many of the problems I hear don’t require me to offer solutions. I solve most of them by just listening and letting the involved party do the talking.Mary Kay Ash
When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen.Ernest Hemingway
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.James Baldwin
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.Doug Larson
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.Bryant H. McGill
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.Simone Weil
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.Ernest Hemingway
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 King
People think they think, but it's not true. It's mostly self-criticism that passes for thinking. True thinking is rare— just like true listening.Douglas Rushkoff
The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.Stephen R. Covey