Motivational Quotes

Communication

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

- Lincoln, Abraham

Best Quotes about Communication

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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

Frost, Robert

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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

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

Piece, John A.

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

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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver

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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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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

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The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Humes, James

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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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Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

Teague, Jr., Freeman

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

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

Lehrer, Tom

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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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Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Peters, Thomas J.

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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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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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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

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

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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

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

Ade, George

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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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Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Daly, Jeff

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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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Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.

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

Drucker, Peter F.

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

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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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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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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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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Moliere

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

Irving, Washington

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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 across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Menander of Athens

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De