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Calvin Coolidge

I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.

Topic: Communication, Listening
Location: Arches National Park
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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There is life in a kindly reply. — Hawaiin Proverb

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The cruelest lies are often told in silence. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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Silence is talk too. — African Proverb

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A master communicator can either set his audience free or imprison them. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Communication Persuasion

Nodding the head does not row the boat. — Irish Proverb

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Silence is the best tactic for him who distrusts himself. — Rochefoucauld

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We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

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Honest debate stops when the name calling starts. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

› Winston Churchill

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Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. — George Bernard Shaw

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One who tells you about others will tell others about you. — African Proverb

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Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else. — Mark Twain

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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. — Alexander Graham Bell

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In whatsoever way any come to Me, in that same way I grant them favor. — Bhagavad Gita

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Open your mind before your mouth. — Aristophanes

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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. — St. Jerome

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Complaining gets in the way of gaining. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Meaningful silence is better than meaningless words.

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An honest man’s word is as good as his bond. — Miguel de Cervantes

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Whatever advice you give, be brief. — Horace

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That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments. — Samuel Johnson

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Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do. — Mark Twain

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Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

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Whatever you think about and talk about, eventually comes about. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Saying nothing... sometimes says the most. — Emily Dickinson

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If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

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When a person speaks listen to their actions. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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The pinnacle of leadership is listening. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Never miss a good chance to shut up.

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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. — Jean de La Fontaine

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When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside. — Rumi

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Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side. — Mohandas Gandhi

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The way to become boring is to say everything. — Voltaire

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Telling a person they cannot speak cancels your opinion. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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Listening is the best way to learn. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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The talker sows, the listener reaps. — Italian Proverb

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Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced; the majority allow themselves to be persuaded. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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In silence man can most readily preserve integrity. — Meister Eckhart

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Closing your mouth is better than opening your ears. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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When you are true listener, you will hear what is not said. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. — William Shakespeare

Communication Listening Speech

Though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me. — Benjamin Disraeli

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One pair of ears would exhaust a hundred tongues. — Italian Proverb

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You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers. — Ross Perot

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Listen to the lesson failure offers. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Youths talk first and then listen, the elderly listen and then talk. — African Proverb

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Listening taught you how to speak. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Example Listening Speech

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