Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Quotes

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

I have opinions of my own—strong opinions—but I don’t always agree with them.

I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them

A certain degree of intellectual humility is a good thing.

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

I have learned to listen and to hone my instincts to be perceptive and be receptive to change, to constantly live in ambiguity.

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

People who work with me say I have a four-step response to new ideas: rejection, reconsideration, acceptance, ownership. I need to listen more patiently.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a written text, the way that you would persuade anybody to do anything. It has to do with listening, with humility and a sense of yourself.

Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.

No, I don't want you to draw any conclusion. I want you to listen to what I just said.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

In a world of rapid change, an agile and adaptable mind, a pragmatic and cooperative temperament, a strong ethical orientation - these are increasingly the keys to effective leadership. And I would add to this list a capacity for intellectual humility which keeps one’s mind constantly open to a variety of viewpoints and which welcomes pluralistic exchange.