Body Language Quotes

• Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Confidence

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 18, 2016

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• The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

  Peter Drucker

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Nba, Body

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.192, Crown Business

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• Body language is more powerful than words.

  Ricky Gervais

  Powerful, Body, Language

  "Ghost Town - Ricky Gervais interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

  Peter Guber

  Eye, Technology, Energy

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• 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

  Powerful, Talking, Tools

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• The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Fitness, Communication, Philosophical

  Ludwig Wittgenstein (2010). “Philosophical Investigations”, p.131, John Wiley & Sons

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• If language was given to men to conceal their thoughts, then gesture's purpose was to disclose them.

  John Napier

  Men, Empathy, Purpose

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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.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Communication

  Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie (1977). “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

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• Fie, fie upon her!
  There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip,
  Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out
  At every joint and motive of her body.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Eye, Feet

  'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 4, sc. 5, l. 54

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• Just remember, the language of gesture is more effective than the spoken word. Body language is very powerful. Bring the balance within you and project that balance.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Powerful, Communication, Balance

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• I speak two languages, Body and English.

  Mae West

  Two, Body, Language

  "Body Language Pocketbook". Book by Max A. Eggert (p. 17), September 1, 2012.

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• The whole reason to study (and learn to control) body language is to have that support (rather than undercut) your message.

  Nick Morgan

  Support, Body, Messages

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

  Abraham Maslow

  Communication, Defense, Way

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• Since an attitude is often expressed by our body language and by the looks on our faces, it can be contagious.

  John C. Maxwell

  Attitude, Stay Positive, Faces

  John C. Maxwell (1996). “The Winning Attitude: Your Pathway to Personal Success”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

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• Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Dance, Art

  "Martha Graham Reflects on Her Art and a Life in Dance". archive.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Funny, Communication, Humor

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.410

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• Don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it.

  Amy Cuddy

  Motivation, Inspiration, Fake

  Amy Cuddy (2015). “Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges”, Hachette UK

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• People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It's because you feel it; you see it in someone's body language.

  Afrojack

  Reality, People, Fake

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• Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.

  Christian Louboutin

  Fashion, Attitude, Shoes

  "25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time" by Lauren Hutton, Krystin Arneson, Megan Gustashaw, Glamour, 2011.

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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.

  Charles Dickens

  Communication, Thought Provoking, Bravery

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• Your body language shapes who you are

  Amy Cuddy

  Body, Shapes, Language

  Amy Cuddy (2016). “Presença - Aprenda a impor-se aos grandes desafios”, p.312, Leya

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• If you adopt the body language of a power player, it will greatly facilitate your ability to be a power player.

  Nick Morgan

  Player, Body, Language

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Every day, we communicate more with our energy, body language, face and eyes. That really is what communication is, and not so much words. And it's rare that you get to explore that in a film.

  Dakota Fanning

  Communication, Eye, Energy

  Source: collider.com

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• I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.

  Analeigh Tipton

  Growing Up, Hard Times, Awkward

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