When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Abraham Lincoln
About This Quote

When you are preparing to talk to people, you can spend a great deal of time thinking about what they want to hear and a small amount of time thinking about what you want to say. You can easily get caught up in the things people say rather than the things that they mean.

Some Similar Quotes
  1. When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret. - Shannon L. Alder
  2. She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of... - Fredrik Backman
  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. If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf. - Lemony Snicket
More Quotes By Abraham Lincoln
  1. Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
  2. I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
  3. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
  4. The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
  5. Whatever you are, be a good one.
Related Topics