Communication
262 quotes: 5 by Keith Craft, 257 from other voices.
Other voices on Communication
- The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
- The rule in carving holds good as to criticism,--never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
- The secret of making oneself tiresome is not to know when to stop.
- The secret of success is to understand the viewpoint of others.
- The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
- The struggle to write accurately is the struggle to think clearly.
- The word that once escapes the tongue cannot be recalled; the arrow cannot be detained which has once sped from the bow.
- The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.
- There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.
- There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.
- There cannot be a greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
- There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.
- There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. Talk as if you were making your will: the fewer words the less litigation.
- There is no eloquence without a man behind it.
- There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.
- Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
- Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
- Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.
- To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.
- To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
- To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.
- To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.Francois de La RochefoucauldCommonly attributed
- To spread your belief, you must exude your belief. It is not enough that people hear it from you, they must catch it from you.
- To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
- True eloquence consists in saying all that should be, not all that could be said.
- True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.François de La RochefoucauldCommonly attributed
- Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.
- Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
- We always weaken what we exaggerate.
- We are interested in others, when they are interested in us.
- We are more easily persuaded, in general, by the reasons we ourselves discover, than by those which have been suggested to us by others.
- We ask advice, but we mean approbation.
- We can agree to disagree, but we don’t need to be disagreeable.
- We can't expect to solve problems if all we do is tear each other down. You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it.
- We doubt whether a man ever brings his faculties to bear with their whole force on a subject, until he writes upon it.
- We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.
- We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
- We say we exchange words when we meet; what we exchange is souls.
- We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?
- Were we as eloquent as angels, we would please some men, some women, and some children much more by listening than by talking.