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

John Marshall
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words. - Roy T. Bennett

  2. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, alistening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, allof which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia

  3. The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel. - Roy T. Bennett

  4. The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'. - Alfred Brendel

  5. To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions. - Amit Kalantri

More Quotes By John Marshall
  1. .. . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs.

  2. The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

  3. The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

  4. An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

  5. It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

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