Quotes about communication
Israelmore Ayivor - Daily Drive 365
Your conversations are the beginning of your connections be careful of your communications. Talk politely to strangers you have no knowledge about how many of them will become your close friends forever!
Israelmore Ayivor -
A rude man tells a women to stop talking too much because she is making noise. A polite man will tell this same woman that she looks so beautiful when her lip are closed. Compare and choose one! Speak politely but be sure you get to where you are going with your words.
Shannon L. Alder -
Intelligence is not expecting people to understand what your intent is it is anticipating how it will be perceived.
Henry David Thoreau -
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.
Rasmenia Massoud - Human Detritus
I wondered why humans were even given the gift of speech at all. We no longer needed it we’ve forgotten to talk about anything. We only waste it.
Vivek Shanbhag - Ghachar Ghochar
Language communicates in terms of what is already know it chokes up when asked to deal with entirely unprecedented.
Sophocles - Oedipus at Colonus
To speak much is one thing to speak to the point another!
Richard O'Barry - Behind the Dolphin smile: One Man's Campaign to Protect the World's Dolphins
Communication is not about the sender or receiver it's about the sending. And that's done with language.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -
He often paused before he spoke. She thought this exquisite it was as though he had such regard for his listener that he wanted his words strung together in the best possible way.
Dale Ludwig -
Well-designed visuals do more than provide information they bring order to the conversation.
John Stoker - and Get Results
93/7 Rule: 93% of communication occurs through nonverbal behavior & tone only 7% of communication takes place through the use of words.
Pamela Cummins - Psychic Wisdom on Love and Relationships
Neither sex is wrong in their communication both sexes need to learn how to understand each other.
William Zinsser -
No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood people who write obscurely are either unskilled in writing or up to mischief
Dennis Cogswell -
•Parallel monologues are often what people offer each other when they are in the same place as another but not with another.•
J. Sidlow Baxter - Awake My Heart: Daily Devotional Studies for the Year
Argument need not be heated it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.
C.S. Lewis -
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
Terence McKenna -
Nature is not mute it is man who is deaf.
Israelmore Ayivor - The Great Hand Book of Quotes
Avoid the use of abusive words when communication is in session you might scare away someone who is meant to become your mentor or your customer.
Steve Maraboli - Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Prayer is inward communication with yourself action is outward conversation with God.
Oli Anderson - Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication
Debate is an attempt to cling to the illusion of control provided by a point of view designed to keep the ego in place dialogue is an attempt to dance with the unknown at the risk of losing what we think we know.
Laurie Buchanan - PhD
Communication is the mortar that holds humanity together it’s the very currency of our society.
Israelmore Ayivor - Become a Better You
Great people don’t only know what to say they also know how to say it.
Tom Dorrance - True Unity: Willing Communication Between Horse & Human
When I hear somebody talk about a horse or cow being stupid I figure it's a sure sign that the animal has somehow outfoxed them
Jeremy Aldana -
Honesty is a fine foundation from which to build upon for if one was to really know what another thinks and how they feel…they would surely treat each other differently
Michele Jennae - CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino
Communicating is about asking good questions and engaging with each other.
Brenda Ueland -
When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.
John Steinbeck - Travels with Charley: In Search of America
A number of years ago I had some experience with being alone. For two succeeding years I was alone each winter for eight months at a stretch in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Lake Tahoe. I was the caretaker on a summer estate during the winter months when it was snowed in. And I made some observations then. As time went on I found that my reactions thickened. Ordinarily I am a whistler. I stopped whistling. I stopped conversing with my dogs, and I believe that the subtleties of feeling began to
Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Because in some men, it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons - throw it to some human being or some human idea.
Donna Lynn Hope -
There are those that wonder which is worse: Not being able to reach out or not having anyone to reach for. There are some that ponder which is the greater ache: Not being able to tell or not having anyone that cares enough to ask. Perhaps it’s not one person that is to blame, but both.
Philip Roth - Exit Ghost
What had happened in these ten years for there suddenly be so much to say — so much so pressing that it couldn’t wait to be said? Everywhere I walked, somebody was approaching me talking on a phone and someone was behind me talking on a phone. Inside the cars, the drivers were on the phone. When I took a taxi, the cabbie was on the phone. For one who frequently went without talking to anyone for days at a time, I had to wonder what that had previously held them up had collapsed in people to make
Cesare Pavese - Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
The whole problem of life is this: how to break out of one's own solitude, how to communicate with others.
Octavio Paz -
When we learn to speak, we learn to translate.
Sunday Adelaja -
God’s secrets are revealed to us through the inter-communication of the spirit of man withthe Spirit of God.
Niurka - Supreme Influence: Change Your Life with the Power of the Language You Use
What you look for in the world influences what materializes. What you perceive in the people around you influences how they show up.
Carl R. Rogers - A Way of Being
I would prefer my experiences in communication to have a growth-promoting effect, both on me and on the other, and I should like to avoid those communication experiences in which both I and the other person feel diminished.
Nikki Rowe -
Rather than whinge on how another has treated you, give a thought to what it is your upset with? Is It really them or is it yourself.. Did they cross a boundary or have you not set one? Did they communicate rudely or are you not listening intently. We so often blame, because it's easier than to confront our vulnerable selves. But the truth is, no one can make you feel inferior if you do not give them the power!
Randy Alcorn - Possessions and Eternity
Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships.
Shannon L. Alder -
Make choices in life that don't leave people bitter, worse off or confused. Any choice that leads you to do this is a choice that didn't include God in the decision making process.
Shannon L. Alder -
In order to master compassion, you have to spend time getting to know monsters. When you can do that you will see that there are no monsters, only people that acted like monsters because no one gave them the time or compassion to hear their story.
Shannon L. Alder -
Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.
Shannon L. Alder -
One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.
Aspen Baker -
Instead of seeing how much pain I can dish out towards those I disagree with, or who I believe have done me wrong, I seek to follow the golden rule and use my words and behavior to create more of what the world needs – love, compassion, and connection.
Shannon L. Alder -
Some people say, “Once you learn to be happy, you won't tolerate being around people who make you feel anything less.” My Christ says, “Your job is to get off your self righteous butt and start reaching out to the difficult people because my ministry wasn’t about a bunch of nice people getting together once a week to sing hymns and get a feel good message, that you may or may not apply, depending on the depth of your anger for someone. It is about caring for and helping the broken hearted, the d
Tamora Pierce - Wild Magic
If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.
Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists
Are all of us the same, I wonder, navigating our lives by interpreting the silences between words spoken, analysing the returning echoes of our memory in order to chart the terrain, in order to make sense of the world around us?
Toba Beta - My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
Dream is a way to communicate invented by the heavenly beings.
Terry Eagleton - Literary Theory: An Introduction
If this constant sliding and hiding of meaning were true of conscious life, then we would of course never be able to speak coherently at all. If the whole of language were present to me when I spoke, then I would not be able to articulate anything at all. The ego, or consciousness, can therefore only work by repressing this turbulent activity, provisionally nailing down words on to meanings. Every now and then a word from the unconscious which I do not want insinuates itself into my discourse, a
Jay Woodman -
Look everywhere. There are miracles and curiosities to fascinate and intrigue for many lifetimes:the intricacies of nature and everything in the world and universe around us from the miniscule to the infinite; physical, chemical and biological functionality; consciousness, intelligence and the ability to learn; evolution, and the imperative for life; beauty and other abstract interpretations; language and other forms of communication; how we make our way here and develop social patterns of cultu
Mary Eva Swatek -
I sort of kind of said something a little like that but maybe not clearly enough to sound like that... But it's what I meant.
Linda Bender - Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals
The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.
Niurka - Supreme Influence: Change Your Life with the Power of the Language You Use
Living in Supreme Influence, your language is neutral and/or moving toward your vision rather than moving away. In other words, you speak about what you do want, not about what you don't want.
Thich Nhat Hanh - The Art of Communicating
Once you can communicate with yourself, you'll be able to communicate outwardly with more clarity. The way in is the way out.
Truth Devour - Wantin
There is no growth without risk. There is always something to be gained from any experience. It is up to us to interpret our truth of self.
Stephanie Lahart -
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don’t be afraid to stand firm on the decisions that you make. Trust yourself. Believe in your instincts. Do what works best for YOU. Stay true to yourself and be good to yourself. Allow every decision that you make to empower, enrich, and add value to your life!
Asa Don Brown - Finding Solutions that Work
Intrapersonal communication is a reflection of your self-esteem.
Dan Pearce - Single Dad Laughing
When you do talk to people, share what you are. Stop focusing on all the things that you aren’t. Stop focusing on all of the physical features that you think people won’t like about you. Stop focusing on your inabilities or lack of talent. Instead, focus on those physical features that you know people already love about you. Focus on your abilities and the talents that you do have. You have been blessed with all of the above, and that makes you worth getting to know in my book.
Dan Pearce - Single Dad Laughing
Smile at people everywhere you go. Don’t just give them one of those half-smirk/head nod things. Raise your eyebrows, show those teeth, and chuckle while you smile. Next time you’re at the store, give a full-hearted smile to at least three complete strangers. You’ll be amazed at what this does for them and for you.
Israelmore Ayivor - Shaping the dream
Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.
Israelmore Ayivor - Shaping the dream
Avoid the use of abusive words in communications that may switch off the attention of your mentor and your customers away.
Shannon L. Alder -
When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.
Michael Bassey Johnson -
Don't let your teeth make you lose respect by permanently keeping them opened for the sake of being friendly.
Sara Sheridan -
I didn't expect to love being online as much as I do. I've met some wonderful people and discovered that however arcane some of my interests that there are people out there who are interested too.
Aaron Blaylock - It's Called Helping...You're Welcome
...the word “fine”. As in “I’m fine”, “it’s fine”, “that looks fine”, etc. For a man the word fine has, tops, three or four meanings and that’s only because of the fairly recent edition of “Dang, girl! You look fine!” Otherwise “fine” would range somewhere between satisfactory and of superior quality. For a woman the word “fine” has like seventy meanings and depending on voice inflexion can actually mean ‘If I’m questioned again I’ll stab you in your sleep’.
Criss Jami - Killosophy
Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.
Aaron Blaylock -
If asked for an opinion we’ll say what we think. And by “what we think” I mean the answer that comes to our mind first, seems most logical and requires the least amount of effort to articulate, while getting us in the least amount of trouble. Really that’s what our communication boils down to.
David Belasco -
If you can’t write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don’t have a clear idea.
Robert G. Thompson - Hooked on Customers: The Five Habits of Legendary Customer-Centric Companies
If you give customers a chance, they’ll communicate with you in many ways.
Shannon L. Alder -
The words, I love you, are empty without clarification. Women prefer to be told what they can expect. It is measurable like a Weight Watcher’s diet, with extra points at the end of the week if you don’t cheat.
Jim Butcher - Cold Days
Maybe this was a male-female translation problem. I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone being applied to the overt conversation, the buried conversation that is being covered only in subtext, and finally the other person's body language.That is, on many levels, astounding to me. I mean, that's like having a
Natalya Vorobyova -
I suggest he starts introducing himself as "Lessman"; he is classless, tactless, and mannerless.
David Joy - The Weight of This World
The conversations of men had always been muddy rivers, the surface's roiling a reflection of what's buried, but the bottom some mysterious thing that would always be hidden.
Israelmore Ayivor - Mine Your Gold: How to Dig Up and Optimize Your Hidden Greatness
Be polite in your speeches. Good information rudely communicated will make no positive difference.
Israelmore Ayivor - Daily Drive 365
Wisdom does not only reflect itself in a person’s knowledge of what to say. It appears also in his knowledge about how to say it and when it should be said!
Kent Alan Robinson - and social media disasters...and how to avoid them
If you don't know the answer to a question, don't guess, don't speculate, don't hypothesize, don't make a joke it by email, tweet, conference call, or at a press conference...Somehow, eventually, the electronic communication surrounding a situation will be made public and clarify and clarify what actually transpired.
Jeffrey Tucker -
Even the richest person, provided the riches comes from mutually beneficial exchange, does not need to give anything "back" to the community, because this person took nothing out of the community. Indeed, the reverse is true: Enterprises give to the community. Their owners take huge risks, and front the money for investment, precisely with the goal of serving others. Their riches are signs that they have achieved their aims.
Dianna Booher - What More Can I Say?: Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It
Never mind your intentions. Communication is about what others hear with your words.
Dianna Booher - What More Can I Say?: Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It
Good communication may not make a risky deal safe, but poor communication may sell benefits of a good deal.
Andrew Griffin - Issues and Reputation Management: A Handbook for PR and Communications Professionals
Reputation is an outcome; but it is also a valuable, strategic asset.
Kevin Murray -
Inspiring leadership communication is not about great oratory or great charisma; rather it is about getting others to believe in themselves and believe in your cause, and then achieve more than they thought was possible.
Andrew Griffin - Issues and Reputation Management: A Handbook for PR and Communications Professionals
For individuals and organizations alike, a reputation is far easier to destroy than it is to build.
Scribendi - Effective Business Communication
But developing relationships with coworkers—your peers, superiors, and subordinates—is incredibly important, perhaps even the most important thing you’ll do at work, and this is completely dependent on your communication skills.
Scribendi - Effective Business Communication
An organization with excellent internal communication will run smoothly, allowing its members to progress toward a mutual goal, which will ultimately affect the quality of external communication.
Kip Tindell -
We must practice consistent, reliable, predictable, effective, thoughtful, compassionate and even courteous communication every single day to successfully sustain, develop and grow our business.
Rick Steves -
Self-consciousness kills communication.
Toni Sorenson - The Great Brain Cleanse
When neurons “talk” to each other clearly, our brain is able to make sense of our lives. We make our wisest decisions when there is nothing obstructing these lines of communication.
Sam Owen - 500 Relationships And Life Quotes: Bite-Sized Advice For Busy People
Identifying body language changes connected with the conversation in hand gives us insights into their thoughts and emotions.
Priyavrat Thareja -
Communication...it is a difficult optimisation. Structurally, it gets founded over words, organised around thoughts. Words are difficult to come through, successfully, amid the thought process. The thought process in right manifestation gives rise to communication.
Laura Esquivel - Swift as Desire
...being able to listen to unrepeatable secrets, wishes, and desires wasn't as wonderful as it seemed...being aware of what other people felt at every moment would come to cause him a lot of headaches, and huge disappointments in love.
Kilroy J. Oldster - Dead Toad Scrolls
Similar to a how a flower grows incrementally, people also blossom in stages. As we age, we expand our knowledge of how the world works and how other people respond to our deeds. We also expand our language skills in order to communicate both our thoughts and feelings.
Antonio Gramsci - Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Ideas and opinions are not spontaneously "born" in each individual brain: they have had a centre of formation, or irradiation, of dissemination, of persuasion-a group of men, or a single individual even, which has developed them and presented them in the political form of current reality.
Pamela Cummins - Insights for Singles: Steps to Find Everlasting Love
Communication is the key and saying your words with kindness is the way to go.
Shannon L. Alder -
You will never let go of the one thing that God keeps prompting you to fix.
Sara Sheridan - The Secret Mandarin
We might give her presents, tell some tales, but would she ever be able to really understand what the journey had been like for us?
Sam Owen - 500 Relationships And Life Quotes: Bite-Sized Advice For Busy People
Confidence is not posting endless selfies, or repeatedly protesting how happy or in love we are, it’s a subtle yet noticeable sheen that emanates from our being - our eyes, our words, our body language.
Peter Gärdenfors -
All communication is a sign of failure. If everybody is pleased with the situation, then there is no need for communication.
Cindy Ann Peterson - My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today
Proper posture sends a positive message since 90% of all communication occures through body language and how you carry yourself.
Shannon L. Alder -
I don’t even pretend to believe I know everything; I just believe in arguments God told me I had a pretty good chance of winning, while I was traveling through hell.
Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
A thing there was that mattered; a thing, wreathed about with chatter, defaced, obscured in her own life, let drop every day in corruption, lies, chatter. This he had preserved. Death was defiance. Death was an attempt to communicate; people feeling the impossibility of reaching the centre which, mystically, evaded them; closeness drew apart; rapture faded, one was alone. There was an embrace in death.
J.S.B. Morse - and a Universal Morality
Two things I've learned: 1) you simply cannot change someone's mind on certain issues and 2) some issues are so important you cannot stop trying to.