They were good listeners, worldly yet easily shocked…

The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk…

— Guy Kawasaki

Women are good listeners, but it's a waste of time telling your troubles to a man unless there's something specific you want him to…

— Mignon McLaughlin

Leaders with a strong outward focus are not only good listeners but also good questioners.

— Anonymous

“In our society, the power is given to those who talk – loud and often. What if the exact same power can be found…

— Simon Zingerman

“Some people are not really good listeners. They are merely good at keeping quiet for a long time, while someone is talking to them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

What we do wrong with teenagers is we talk down to you instead of treating you as equals. Adults complain that you're not good…

— Deepak Chopra

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

— Charles R. Swindoll

“Plan all you want, it is a very different thing to actually kill a person than to fantasize about it. In your fantasy, you…

— Allison Leotta

“This sounds basic, almost too basic to mention, but listening is a strategy and a skill that is losing ground in society. Most people…

— Travis Bradberry

“Great thinkers and geniuses are good listeners, but many are not gifted with excellent communicative speech.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Entrepreneurs need to listen. They don't need to be good listeners (although it can only help) but they need to know when to listen.

— Ronnie Apteker

“Good listeners are no less rare or important than good communicators. Here, too, an unusual degree of confidence is the key -- a capacity…

— Alain de Botton

“Shyness is not necessarily a problem. It can be a very nice aspect of your personality. Many introverted celebrities, such as Chelsea Clinton and…

— Heather Moehn

“In our post-everything culture, obey has become a four-letter word. Obeying is for wimps. Obeying is for people who didn’t do well enough on…

— Heather Choate Davis

“The world is in sore need of good listeners. And in our own lives, it’s amazing to recognize just how valuable listening can be…

— Tom Walsh