Motivational Quotes

Communication

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

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Communication

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Humes, James

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

White, Elwyn Brooks

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Rosten, Leo

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

Rohn, Jim

Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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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Communication is a two-way street. And while we revel in the reality that we can always get through to heaven, our concern should be whether our Lord can always get through to us.

Stowell, Joseph

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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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Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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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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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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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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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Moliere

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

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I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

Lehrer, Tom

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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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Ade, George

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

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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

Frost, Robert

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

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

Lehrer, Tom

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Haskins, Henry S.

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

Drucker, Peter F.

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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Menander of Athens

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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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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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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