| Quote | Author |
| Listen, or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. | American Indian Proverb |
| It takes a great man to be a good listener. | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) |
| We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. | Epictetus (55-135) |
| I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. | Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) |
| What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes! | G. C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) |
| People who know little are usually great talkers while men who know much say little. | Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) |
| Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens. | Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) |
| You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. | John Morley (1883-1923) |
| He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that. | John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) |
| It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. | Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
| There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting. | Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
| Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. | Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889) |
| They talk most who have the least to say. | Matthew Prior (1664-1721) |
| Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. | Publilius Syrus |
| Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying. | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
| Instead of listening to what is being said to them, many managers are already listening to what they are going to say. | Unknown |
| Communication is a two way street. | Unknown |
| A good listener is not only popular everywhere; but after a while he gets to know something. | Wilson Mizner (1876-1933) |
| I have often regretted my speech never my silence. | Xenocrates (396-314 B.C.) |