Explore the value of Listening

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LISTENING QUOTATIONS
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word... all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

Leo Buscaglia

“Every person in this life has something to teach—and as soon as you accept that, you open yourself to truly listening.”

Catherine Doucette

“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 Nichols

“The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen.”

Rachel Naomi Remen

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”

Jimi Hendrix

“The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'.”

Alfred Brendel

“Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet.”

Krista Tippett

“It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

G. K. Chesterton

“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”

Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”

Peter F. Drucker

“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

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Your Comments
Nicole from Newark DE JANUARY 5, 2014
I hope that this website is embraced as it is very much needed!

Steven B. from Seattle, Washington DECEMBER 30, 2013
Listening is a way to show you care about a person.

Dan from Amesbury, MA DECEMBER 29, 2013
Doing what's right is not always easy.

Mark from Miami , Florida OCTOBER 18, 2013
Love ,Listen ,Laugh ,And Live

Liz from England London MAY 27, 2013
I love value.com Thank you

Anderson from Colatina, ES - Brasil FEBRUARY 13, 2013
In the place where I live is very very common to talk and hear nothing, complete lack of wisdom, and we need to accept truth and repudiate all lies.

Shemar Sarahadil from Zamboanga City, Philippines DECEMBER 20, 2012
listening is the direct pathway to your heart.

Bruce Willingham from Warner Robins MARCH 30, 2012
Active listening is hearing with the goal of understanding.

Cathy C. from Charlotte MAY 28, 2010
Listen with your heart and not your mind. The heart is the center. The great I am; I am, in me. Mind is made of all ones people, places, and things heard since birth.