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Listeners Quotes

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.83, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

John Ray (1737). “A compleat Collection of English Proverbs, also the most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other Languages”, p.59

Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener

Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

Agatha Christie (2009). “The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.16, ReadHowYouWant.com

So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.

Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.82, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

I was not a writer to begin with; I was a listener.

Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.181, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward.

"Mustadrak al-Wasāʼil wa-mustanbaṭ al-masāʼil". Book by Ḥusayn Taqī al-Nūrī Ṭabarsī, Volume 4,

Radio listeners are voyeurs: lurking, invisible, eavesdropping.

Paul Fleischman (2003). “Seek”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

Dogmatists have one advantage: they are poor listeners.

Frans de Waal (2013). “The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates”, p.70, W. W. Norton & Company

The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator.

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.165, Penguin

Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.

Jean de La Fontaine (1964). “The fables of La Fontaine”