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“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.”

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Author:Jane Goodall

“As women's leadership qualities come to play a more dominant role in the public sphere, their particular aptitudes for long-term negotiating, analytic listening, and creating an ambiance in which people work with zest and spirit will help reconcile the split between the ideals of being efficient and being humane. This integration of female values is already producing a more collaborative kind of leadership, and changing the very ideal of what strong leadership actually is.”

Source: The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership

“People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.”

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Author:Michael J. Fox

“I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.”

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Author:Jeb Bush

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”

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Book:By-Line Ernest Hemingway: Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades

Source: By-Line Ernest Hemingway: Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades

“If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.”

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Author:Andy Stanley

“Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.”

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Book:Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

Source: Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”

“The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.”

Source: The Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson

“We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.”

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Book:Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward

Source: Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward

“Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

Author:Winston Churchill

“Earn the right to be heard by listening to others. Seek to understand a situation before making judgments about it.”

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Author:John C. Maxwell

“The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.”

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Author:John Baldoni