Motivational Quotes

Communication

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

- Banham, John

Best Quotes about Communication

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

Brown, Les

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

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Ninety-nine percent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings which develop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

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

Geibel

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Rohn, Jim

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.

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

Teague, Jr., Freeman

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.

Tracy, Brian

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For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, businesswise?

Burton, Bruce

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

Haskins, Henry S.

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Get in touch with the way the other person feels. Feelings are 55% body language, 38% tone and 7% words.

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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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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Moliere

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

Piece, John A.

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Use non-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S = Smile O = Open Posture F = Forward Lean T = Touch E = Eye Contact N = Nod.

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

Irving, Washington

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The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.

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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

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

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

Ade, George

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Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures --in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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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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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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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Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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

Lehrer, Tom

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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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A phoneless cord is a great device for people who love peace and quiet.

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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If you cry Forward you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?

Chekhov, Anton

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Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Proverb, Italian

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Daly, Jeff

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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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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Frost, Robert

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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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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

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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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The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Humes, James

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

Abrams, Creighton

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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

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

Warren, Earl