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It costs nothing to encourage an artist. - Kevin Smith

I support recycling. I wore this yesterday. - Unknown

I listen and give input only if somebody asks. - Barbara Bush

When you are in a foxhole, listen to your soul. - Dinesh Sharma

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to. - Thomas Hardy

The earth has its music for those who will listen. - George Santayana

Anything related to elephants is irrelephant. - Unknown

I feel a lot of people listen to what I have to say. - Donald Trump

Blind don't mean you can't, you know, listen. - Stevie Wonder

If chocolate is the answer, the question is irrelevant. - Kim Knott

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. - Kin Hubbard

If you want to get people to listen, don't talk so much. - Red Auerbach

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. - Ernest Hemingway

Opportunities don't knock, they whisper. So shut up and listen. - Thomas Leonard

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. - Diogenes

Encourage members of your team to take the initiative and act on their own. - Mike Krzyzewski

It is the province of knowledge to speak. It is the privilege of wisdom to listen. - Christine Lane

If we would listen to our kids, we'd discover that they are largely self-explanatory. - Robert Brault

Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. - Michael Sinz

Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it. - Robert A. Heinlein

It's not at all hard to understand a person. It's only hard to listen without bias. - Kriss Jami

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. - Mother Teresa

A word of encouragement during failure is worth more than a dictionary of praise following success. - Unknown

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev

If you really believe in the message you're preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen. - Mark Batterson

You describe the elephant by its size, but the mosquito by its impact. Even the smallest thing has an impact. - Celia Apeagyei-Collins

Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it. - Jack Nichols

Everybody shares one universal problem. To succeed you have to persuade others to support your vision, dream or cause. - Peter Guber

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. - Bertrand Russell

The greatest mistake we humans make in our relationships: we listen half, understand quarter, think zero, and react double. - Unknown

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith. - Aung San Suu Kyi

When people come alongside us during difficult times to give us renewed courage, a renewed spirit, renewed hope - that's encouragement. - David Jeremiah

The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack Iraq. Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Chevron, they're all lining up. - Jay Leno

If I'm ever stuck on a respirator or a life support system, I definitely want to be unplugged, but not until I'm down to a size eight. - Henriette Mantel

Don't listen to those who say you're taking too big a chance. If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor. - Neil Simon

Invest in relationships. Life is hard. None of us has the strength to do it alone. We need people to encourage and inspire us so we can encourage and inspire others. - Simon Sinek

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference. - Zig Ziglar

I think education is power. I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves. - Oprah Winfrey

My soul,
Like yours, is open to the charms of praise:
There is no joy beyond it, when the mind
Of him who hears it can with honest pride
Confess it just, and listen to its music. - William Whitehead