27. Communication
Communication
1) The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
- George Bernard Shaw
2) 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.
- Anthony Robbins
3) Communication works for those who work at it.
- John Powell
4) The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
- Anthony Robbins
5) He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
- Lao Tzu
6) Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
- Walt Disney
7) Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.
- Bruce Barton
8) If you have nothing to say, say nothing.
- Mark Twain
9) One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.
- Mark Twain
10) It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
- Mark Twain
11) The art of communication is the language of leadership.
- James Humes
12) I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the Kind of freedoms that they're interested in.
- Bill Gates
13) the most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.
- Stephen King
14) When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
- Ernest Hemingway
15) 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
16) We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs, our anger and fears. As we exercise the right to advocate our views, and as we animate our supporters, we must all assume responsibility for our words and actions before they enter a vast echo chamber and reach those both serious and delirious, connected and unhinged.
- Bill Clinton
17) Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
- Jim Rohn
18) Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
- Mother Teresa
19) To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
- John Marshall
20) Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
- Plato