“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” – Plato
“Communication works for those who work at it.” – John Powell
“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker
“Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.” – Nat Turner
“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication as to talk well.” – John Marshall
“The art of communication is the language of leadership.” – James Humes
“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.” – Tony Robbins
“Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.” – Jim Rohn
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” – Epictetus
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” – William Butler Yeats
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” – Rudyard Kipling
“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy, and mutual valuing.” – Rollo May
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Communication to a relationship is like oxygen to life. Without it, it dies.” – Tony Gaskins
“You can change your world by changing your words.” – Joel Osteen
“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
“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything.” – Aldous Huxley
“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.” – Mark Twain
“Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.” – Benjamin E. Mays
“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” – Andrew Jackson
“The art of conversation lies in listening.” – Malcolm Forbes
“The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become.” – Unknown
“Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self.” – Dean Jackson
“Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.” – Mark Twain
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” – Stephen R. Covey
“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” – Tony Robbins
“The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” – Joseph Priestley
“Effective communication is the key to successful relationships.” – Unknown
“Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.” – Unknown
“Great communicators are made, not born.” – Anonymous
“Communication is one of the most important skills you require for a successful life.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Your words are powerful. Be careful how you use them because once you say them, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.” – Unknown
“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force.” – Brenda Ueland
“Good words are worth much and cost little.” – George Herbert
“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” – Stephen R. Covey
“Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.” – Mohsin Hamid
“We never listen when we are eager to speak.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation.” – Chinese Proverb
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” – Bryant H. McGill
“Communication is your ticket to success, if you pay attention and learn to do it effectively.” – Theo Gold
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” – Ambrose Bierce
“Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you.” – Unknown
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H.E. Luccock
“A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.” – Proverbs 18:2
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann