1. “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 every part of your life.” ~ Brian Tracy
2. “Communication is the core of leadership: clear messages that inspire people to act.” ~ Dianna Booher
3. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” ~ Peggy O’Mara
4. “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” ~ Plato
5. “I began noting where the audience laughed or clapped or paid closest attention. I came to realize that a good speech is not a soliloquy but a dialogue.” ~ Sarah Ferguson The Duchess of York
6. “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise.” ~ Shannon L. Alder
7. “A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.” ~ Wilson Mizner
8. “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” ~ Peter Drucker
9. “Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world… We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.” ~ John Joseph Powel
10. “Communication involves self-revelation on the part of one individual and listening on the part of another.”- Dr. Gary Chapman
11. “Communication sometimes is not what you first hear, listen not just to the words, but listen for the reason.” ~ Catherine Pulsifer
12. “If you have nothing to say, say nothing.” ~ Mark Twain
13. “Emotional awareness is necessary so you can properly convey your thoughts and feelings to the other person.” ~ Jason Goldberg
14. “Communication works for those who work at it.” ~ John Powell
15. “Replacing paper with a PC screen doesn’t change the need for clear, precise communication.” ~ Kenneth Roman; Joel Raphaelson
16. “The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say — because they were too obvious.” ~ André Gide
17. “Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating.” ~ Charlie Kaufman
18. “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
19. “We never listen when we are eager to speak. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
20. “The best speakers in the world are the best storytellers. They have a gift to not only tell a great story, but also share a lot of the details that many others wouldn’t.” ~ Larry Hagner
21. “To have good communication skills means you are able to make your point without a lot of fillers and stumbling.” ~ Gregory Davidson
22. “Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” ~ Rollo May
23. “Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.” ~ Paul J. Meyer
24. “Although we live in an information technology age, we often find ourselves in failure to communicate situations.” ~ Johnny Tan
25. “Open communication is the lifeblood that keeps a marriage in the spring and summer seasons- times of optimism and enjoyment.” ~ Gary Chapman
26. “Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.” ~ Jim Rohn
27. “If people had the right skills and intention to communicate well, there would be no conflict. The better we are at communicating, the better our lives will be.” ~ Yama Mubtaker
28. “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ~ Epictetus
29. “Communication is your ticket to success, if you pay attention and learn to do it effectively.” ~ Theo Gold
30. “I think for any relationship to be successful, there needs to be loving communication, appreciation, and understanding.” ~ Miranda Kerr
31. “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” ~ James Humes
32. “Be silent, or say something better than silencePythagoras
33. “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” ~ Peter Drucker
34. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” ~ Albert Einstein
35. “Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
36. “If you don’t seem confident of what you say or your speech is stuffed with instances of throat-clearing and fillers, why would the listener have any concrete faith in your words either?” ~ Grady Roche
37. “Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can’t hear what you’re saying.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
38. “Effective communication helps to keep the team working on the right projects with the right attitude.” ~ Alex Langer
39. “When people talk listen completely. Most people never listen.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
40. “There is no communication that is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.” ~ Luigina Sgarro
41. “If you can talk about it, why paint it?” ~ Francis Bacon
42. “Make sure to communicate your idea quickly and keep it straight to the point.” ~ Paul Bailey
43. “Communicate unto the other person that which you would want him to communicate unto you if your positions were reversed.” ~ Aaron Goldman
44. “You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.” ~ Zig Ziglar
45. “Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.” ~ Lawrence Clark Powell
46. “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” ~ Lee Iacocca
47. “In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.” ~ Stephen Covey
48. “Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” ~ William Butler Yeats
49. “Communication is the solvent of all problems and is the foundation for personal development.” ~ Peter Shepherd
50. “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
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