Motivational Quotes

Communication

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

- Piece, John A.

Best Quotes about Communication

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

Baruch, Bernard M.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Ade, George

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

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

Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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

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

Banham, John

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

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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

White, Elwyn Brooks

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

Lehrer, Tom

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

Irving, Washington

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

Piece, John A.

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

Geibel

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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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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 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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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Moliere

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The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Humes, James

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

Drucker, Peter F.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Rosten, Leo

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

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

Haskins, Henry S.

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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

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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 depositing a part of yourself in another person.

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

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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

Warren, Earl