Motivational Quotes

Communication

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

- Irving, Washington

Best Quotes about Communication

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

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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

Baruch, Bernard M.

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

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

Judith Martin

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

Piece, John A.

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.

Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Daly, Jeff

Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Ade, George

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Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

Teague, Jr., Freeman

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

Irving, Washington

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

Haskins, Henry S.

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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

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

Proverb, Italian

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

Lehrer, Tom

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The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Humes, James

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Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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

Drucker, Peter F.

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

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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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Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Peters, Thomas J.

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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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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Menander of Athens

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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

White, Elwyn Brooks

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

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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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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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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

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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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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Rosten, Leo

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic