Quotes on Communication.

Collection of famous quotes on communication.

"You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. And you cannot give that which you do not possess. To give it and share it, and for it to be effective you first need to have it. Good communication starts with good preparation." - Jim Rohn

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. - Brian Tracy

What we do in life is determined by how we communicate to ourselves. - Tony Robbins

Relationships have been torn apart by cutting words or, rather, the interpretation given to words. - Harry Adler

Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words. - Thomas S. Matthews

Effective communication is the cement that binds an organization together. It is the foundation upon which successful teamwork and good customer relationships are built. - Connie Podesta

You can stroke people with words. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hear your customer out completely, no matter how many times you've heard the same things before. - Author Unknown

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - Ambrose Bierce

In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is. - Andy Rooney

If you don't give people information, they'll make up something to fill the void. - Carla O'Dell

People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves. - Dale Carnegie

The less you talk, the more you're listened to. - Abigail Van Buren

When you need to correct someone, be resolved not to do so in a blaming manner. Before criticizing, view the situation from the other person's point of view. Then be careful to speak calmly and tactfully. Carefully edit what you say before you say it. - Rabbi Zelig Pliskin

Listen to what they say of others and you will know what they say of you. - Cuban Proverb

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear. - Harvey Mackay

Keep people informed. Everyone wants to know what's really going on. - Brian Tracy

The greatest problem of communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished. - George Bernard Shaw

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. - Mark Twain

Communication is the soul of management; analysis and solid decisions translated into clear messages that influence people to act and feel good about their performance. - Dianna Booher

The spoken word belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.- French Proverb

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. - Bernard M. Baruch

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others - Denis Waitley

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. - Stephen R. Covey

I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other. - Ronald Reagan

In this society, those with the information and the means to communicate it have what the king used to have. - Anthony Robbins

Communication starts with intention - as your intentions will be felt long before your message is heard. - Doug Firebaugh

It seems rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners. - Erma Bombeck

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. - William Penn

The substance of your communication is the response it generates. - Tony Jeary

Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Even the choices of words lose their power when they are used to overpower. Attitudes are the real figures of speech. - Edwin H. Friedman

Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words. - Deborah Bull

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