Famous Quotations

This collection of popular sayings and quotations is compiled to not only improve your English but also the inspiring words of wisdom can make a positive impact on you.
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The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
— Ralph Nichols
Topic: Listening

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
— M Scott Peck
Topic: Listening

The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard: Why can't we all be like that bird?
— Edward H Richards
Topic: Listening

Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.
— Carl Rogers
Topic: Listening

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.
— Turkish Proverb
Topic: Listening

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
— Frank Tyger
Topic: Listening

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.
— Kenneth A Wells
Topic: Listening

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
— Lao Tzu
Topic: Love

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
— H Jackson Brown
Topic: Love

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
— Oscar Wilde
Topic: Love

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