A Quote by John Marshall

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

John Marshall

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Communication Influence Listen Means Means Of Communication Powerful Talk Well

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John Marshall
American - Judge
September 24, 1755 - July 6, 1835

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

John Marshall

Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us.

Kenya Hara

There is power in well-chosen words, and often there is equal power in silence. Learning when to talk and when to listen are among the most powerful skills you can develop.

Sharon Anthony Bower

In order to achieve something, in competition with the powerful and smartly wielded influence of corporations, we need to join forces and be as well-organized as they are. This does not come natural to us more intellectual types, as we tend to be averse to hierarchy and groupthink; we don't like to be part of anything like a disciplined and well-organized team or movement. But the alternative is to continue losing politically - which means continued failure to protect the world's poor, who are really bearing the brunt of our disorganization.

Thomas Pogge

Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.

Robert K. Greenleaf

In almost any situation, if you have been the powerful one, which would tend to be men more than women but not always, it's very important to listen as much as you talk. If you have been the less powerful one, it's very important to talk as much as you listen.

Gloria Steinem

Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.

Dallin H. Oaks

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, 'Oh, well that must be true.'

Ben Carson

I have a terrible problem with procrastination. A friend told me, "Well, you should go to therapy." And I thought about it, but then I said, "Wait a minute. Why should I pay a stranger to listen to me talk when I can get strangers to pay to listen to me talk?" And that's when I got the idea of touring.

Ellen DeGeneres

I don't talk that much when I do well and I try to talk even less when I'm not doing well. All that really matters is the next game and helping us win.

Stephen Gostkowski

The undoubted sign of a society well under control or in decline is that language has ceased to be a means of communication and has become instead a shield for those who master it.

John Ralston Saul

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect successfully and live well with others, developing thoughtfulness, and fostering effective self-expression and communication. Civility includes courtesy, politeness, mutual respect, fairness, good manners, as well as a matter of good health. Taking an active interest in the well-being of our community and concern for the health of our society is also involved in civility.

P. M. Forni

The way Ben Gibbard paints a picture, you feel like, 'I was there that day with him.' You really feel the way he paints pictures and speaks and talks. It's almost like talk-singing. Paul Simon does that very well as well. He's a huge influence of mine.