Motivational Quotes

Communication

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

- Amiel, Henri Frederic

Best Quotes about Communication

I wish people that have trouble communicating would just shut up!

Lehrer, Tom

Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.

Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Menander of Athens

I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.

Banham, John

You people are telling me what you think I want to know.I want to know what is actually happening.

Abrams, Creighton

There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

Warren, Earl

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.

Haskins, Henry S.

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Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Rohn, Jim

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We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

Truman, Harry S

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Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Piece, John A.

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A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered ;about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.

Hutchins, Robert M.

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The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

Irving, Washington

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It's vital the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.

Drucker, Peter F.

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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, No Shit! or at least, No kidding!

Boardman, Gael

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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Weil, Simone

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Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

Whately, Richard

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What is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback is one of the essential elements of good communication.

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To express the most difficult matters clearly and intelligently, is to strike coins out of pure gold.

Geibel

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Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Rohn, Jim

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The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

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For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

Ade, George

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Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Judith Martin

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The higher you go, the wider spreads the network of communication that will make or break you. It extends not only to more people below, but to new levels above. And it extends all around, to endless other departments and interests interacting with yours.

Walton, Donald

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To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Robbins, Anthony

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Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

Teague, Jr., Freeman

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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Rosten, Leo

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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Carnegie, Dale

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Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Peters, Thomas J.

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Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer. Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life to either, will die.

Forster, Edward M.

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In the last analysis, what we ARE communicates far more eloquently than anything we SAY.

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Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Daly, Jeff

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Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad.

Proverb, Italian

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Don't hide your strategy under a bushel. Communicate it throughout your company. It's better today to disclose too much than too little.

Ross, Joel E.

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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Carnegie, Dale

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Something there is that doesn't love a wall, and wants it down.

Frost, Robert

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Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

Dickens, Charles

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I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in conference, are adaptable. They quickly get the other fellow's view. They are more eager to do this than to express their own ideas. Also, they state their own point of view convincingly.

Hallock, John

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Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh