A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.

Quote by Kenneth A Wells

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Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

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

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

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to...

To be a better listener you have to be less selfish and more curious.

To be a better listener you have to be less selfish and more curious.

Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need...

Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be right. We do not need...

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk...

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk...

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...

Listen and be led.

Listen and be led.

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

Very few people would listen if they didn't know it was their turn next

Very few people would listen if they didn't know it was their turn next

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the...

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the...

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for...

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...