Here is my selected collection of communication quotes and sayings to share with you. In fact many of these great quotes on communication can be used in your speech or presentation.
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Anyway, enjoy these quotes on communication:
“I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow -- they came from the heart of a great nation.” - Ronald Reagan
"Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging them to bring out their music." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.” - John C. Maxwell
"Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled." - Horace
“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
"Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne." - Quentin Crisp
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” - Epictetus
"The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid." - Unknown
“When all other means of communication fail, try words” - Unknown
"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance." - Robert Quillen
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” - Mother Teresa
"The older I grow the more I listen to people who don't talk much." - Germain G. Glien
“Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.” - Unknown
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.” - Epictetus
"If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it." - Earl Wilson
"The art of communication is the language of leadership." - James Humes
“The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them” - Stephen King
"Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment." - Ira Gassen
“Examine what is said, not who speaks” - Arabian Proverb
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." - Dorothy Nevill
“The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use” - Washington Irving
"To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks." - Ben Jonson
“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.” - Publilius Syrus
"The easiest way to save face is to keep the lower half shut." - Unknown
"If you have nothing to say, say nothing." - Mark Twain
"Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones." - Benjamin Disraeli
Talking about communication quotes and sayings, you should check out this useful book "3,500 Good Quotes For Speaker" by Gerald F. Liberman.
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| Quotations For Speakers |
As the title says, 3,500 quotations from Aristotle to Oscar Wilde to Dorothy Parker. It is a great reference book to enliven up your next public speaking and casual conversations with friends.
