Communication Quotes

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

  Tony Robbins

  Life, Motivational, Relationship

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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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, Humor, Eye

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

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• Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.

  Daniel Goleman

  Emotional, Empathy, Attention

  "Building a 'Muscular Empathy'" by Viral Mehta, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2012.

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• Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Positivity, Simple, Entrepreneur

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• You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca
  
  Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

  Mark Twain

  Love Is, Skills, Ideas

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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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• Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Important, Life Is, Ability To Communicate

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• Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

  Les Brown

  Inspirational, Family, Business

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• Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Simple, Choices

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.23, HarperCollins Leadership

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• There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

  Christopher Morley

  Wisdom, Advice, Listening

  Christopher Morley (1925). “Safety pins: and other essays”

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• Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.

  Pat Summitt

  Silence, Less Is More, Sometimes

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

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• I think the most important key to quality communication and interaction is developing an interest in the person you`re talking with. Most women know the secret to a quality conversation is to ask quality questions and have a sincere interest in hearing the answers. In fact, the best communicators very often say the least. It`s not the extrovert who dominates the conversation that a client feels most connected with, but rather the individual who shows a real and sincere interest in knowing about the life of the person they`re talking with.

  Tony Robbins

  Real, Thinking, Knowing

  Interview with Dr. Joe Blaes, www.dentaleconomics.com. February 1, 2000.

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• If there is one general law of communication it is that we never communicate as effectively as we think we do.

  Charles Handy

  Thinking, Law, Communicate

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• I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to choose your words, to get your sentences exactly right. Whereas when you're being interviewed, say, you have to talk on the fly, you have to improvise, you can change sentences around, and they're not exactly right.

  Richard Dawkins

  Thinking, Mediums, Sentences

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• The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Two, Giving, Information

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  I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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• Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

  Mae West

  Tools, Action, Used

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• Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Cute, Sad

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• Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

  Walt Disney

  Moving Forward, Language, Speak

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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

  Thought Provoking, Bravery, Soul

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• The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Relationship, Sarcastic, Funny Inspirational

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• In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspire, Way, Mutual Respect

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• The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

  Mark Twain

  Kindness, Book, Writing

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.520, Courier Corporation

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• Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Inspirational, Talking, Eternal Sunshine

  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.

  Joseph Pulitzer

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Business

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