“The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen.”
Roy E. Moody

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Silence is a source of great strength."
Lao Tzu

"The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people."
Woodrow Wilson

"If speaking is silver, then listening is gold." 
Turkish Proverb

"The principle of listening, someone has said, is to develop a big ear rather than a big mouth." 
Howard G. and Jeanne Hendricks

"The best way to persuade people is with your ears by listening to them." 
Dean Rusk

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
Bryant H. McGill

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.
James Cash Penney

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
Bernard Baruch

There is something very basic to the sense of listening. The sense of hearing is the only one that operates totally from vibrations, without other physical or chemical reactions to receive the sensations.
Henry Reed

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
David Hockney