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  The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Leadership, Patriotic, Voice

  Woodrow Wilson (1965). “The Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson”

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• If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners.

  Robert Breault

  Animal, World, Listeners

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• The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Funny, Humor, Effective Listening

  Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.103, Cambridge University Press

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• Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.

  Walter Anderson

  Eulogy, Good Listener, Treasured

  Walter Anderson (1986). “Courage is a three-letter word”, Random House Inc

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• Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Moving, Roots, Healthy

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.277, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Wise, Simple, Practice

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.275, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

  Diane Sawyer

  Thinking, Literature, Lessons

  Attributed in "Do: Meditations for Brides" by Ellen Sue Stern, (p. 9), 1993.

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• And with listening, too, it seems to me, it is not the ear that hears, it is not the physical organ that performs the act of inner receptivity. It is the total person who hears. Sometimes the skin seems to be the best listener, as it prickles and thrills, say to a sound or a silence; or the fantasy, the imagination: how it bursts into inner pictures as it listens and then responds by pressing its language, its forms, into the listening clay. To be open to what we hear, to be open in what we say. .

  Mary Caroline Richards

  Imagination, Silence, Skins

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• Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

  John Crawford Crosby

  Listening Ear, Brain, Mentor

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• When the heart speaks, love listens.

  Robert M. Hensel

  Love, Heart, Speak

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• Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Thinking, People, May

  Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.45, John Wiley & Sons

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• One never repents of having spoken too little but often of having spoken too much.

  Philippe de Commines

  Littles, Too Much, Repent

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• Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Loneliness, Remedy

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• Learn to listen. It's amazing the ideas that pop into your head while people are saying them into your ear.

  Robert Breault

  Ideas, People, Ears

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• There's a big difference between showing interest and really taking interest.

  Michael Nichols

  Differences, Empathy, Bigs

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• The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity. Receptivity is the artist's holding him or herself alive and open to hear what being may speak.

  Rollo May

  Confused, Artist, Alive

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.80, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer... There is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen...

  Teresa of Avila

  Would Be, Ears, May

  "The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of The Order of Our Lady of Carmel" by Teresa of Avila, translated by David Lewis, (Ch. XXV. "Divine Locutions. Discussions on That Subject"), 1904.

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• No one can have an idea once he starts really listening.

  John Cage

  Ideas

  John Cage (2010). “Silence: Lectures and Writings”, p.91, Wesleyan University Press

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• Listening better. Caring more. Being there. Its not big changes, but the little ones in our daily lives that make all the difference. With little ways to love more, big things happen

  Yehuda Berg

  Love, Caring, Differences

  FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from Oct 16, 2013

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• We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

  Epictetus

  Kindness, Communication, Compassion

  "The Golden Sayings of Epictetus" by Epictetus, translated by Hastings Crossley, Vol. II, Part 2, The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.

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• I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.

  George Carlin

  Death, Suicide, Humorous

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

  Pablo Casals

  Courage, Peace, Kindness

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

  Dick Cavett

  Listening To Others, Rare Person, Want

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• Listening to people keeps them entertained.

  Mason Cooley

  People, Literature

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• I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.

  Henry J. Kaiser

  Inspirational, People, Progress

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