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My Communication Quotes

My collection of communication quotes (with author and source) collected from books, conversations, training, and of course, the internet. Enjoy!

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Improving communication between mothers and daughters, much like breaking down barriers to communication between women and men, requires, above all, understanding: seeing the situation from the other’s point of view.

— Deborah Tannen, You’re Wearing That? (2006)

Open communication is the lifeblood that keeps a marriage in the spring and summer seasons- times of optimism and enjoyment.

— Gary Chapman, The 30-Day Love Language Minute Devotional

Leaders must recognize and then clearly communicate that outcomes measurement is not about simply counting things or gathering information.

— Mario Morino, Leap of Reason (2011)

Communication involves self-revelation on the part of one individual and listening on the part of another.

— Dr. Gary Chapman, Now You’re Speaking My Language (2007)

Effective communication helps to keep the team working on the right projects with the right attitude.

— Alex Langer, Effective Leadership

To be a successful communicator, you need to focus on fundamental principles rather than small superficial things.

— Bill Calhoun, Shut Up and Talk: An Effective Guide to Communication Skills (2013)

The constant free flow of communication amoung us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), American President

Use assertive communication. Assertive communication is about being nonreactive and still respectful.

— Ryan Cooper, Difficult People (2015)

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else… Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

— Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), German-born Swiss poet, novelist, & painter; recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature 1946; Author of: Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, The Glass Bead Game

Tough conversations, where you share what’s really happening and your true communication needs, are your opening to intimacy. Deep relationships lie on the other side of tough conversations.

— Teresa de Grosbois; Karen Rowe, Mass Influence: The Habits of the Highly Influential (2015)
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