INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : FRIENDS
Friends have all things in common. Plato
Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love. Thomas Fuller
Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too. Thomas Fuller
May your home always be too small to hold all your friends. Irish Saying
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. Louisa May Alcott
A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful. William Arthur Ward
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. Bernard M. Baruch
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Dale Carnegie
A single rose can be my garden - a single friend, my world. Leo Buscaglia
Can miles truly separate you from friends. If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? Richard Bach
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. Washington Irving
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. Louisa May Alcott
If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere. Zig Ziglar
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. Erma Bombeck
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt
A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best looking-glass is the eyes of a friend. Irish Proverb
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : EXPERIENCE
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : EXPERIENCE
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. Aldous Leonard Huxley
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. Mark Twain
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas,
but for scars. Elbert Hubbard
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. Rita Mae Brown
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Sometimes you have to do a lot of things to determine what it is you don't want to do. Along the way you pick up a lot of experience. Wally Amos
A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time. Bernard M. Baruch
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. Tom Brokaw
Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live. Marilyn Monroe
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along". Eleanor Roosevelt
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. Benjamin Disraeli
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. John Wooden
Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. Denis Waitley
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. Oprah Winfrey
If you focus on the possible when you experience difficult situations, YOU CAN positively change your outlook, reduce your stress, and concentrate on achieving things that otherwise may not have been possible. Catherine Pulsifer
As a woman I've always felt that as we get older we get better. You come to terms with yourself, through emotional experiences and the simple wisdom that comes with age. Linda Evans
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. George Washington
The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret. Leo Buscaglia
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. Jonathan Swift
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Leo Tolstoy
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. Lou Holtz
It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one. George Harrison
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. Aldous Leonard Huxley
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. Mark Twain
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas,
but for scars. Elbert Hubbard
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. Rita Mae Brown
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Sometimes you have to do a lot of things to determine what it is you don't want to do. Along the way you pick up a lot of experience. Wally Amos
A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time. Bernard M. Baruch
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. Tom Brokaw
Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live. Marilyn Monroe
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along". Eleanor Roosevelt
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. Benjamin Disraeli
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent. John Wooden
Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. Denis Waitley
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. Oprah Winfrey
If you focus on the possible when you experience difficult situations, YOU CAN positively change your outlook, reduce your stress, and concentrate on achieving things that otherwise may not have been possible. Catherine Pulsifer
As a woman I've always felt that as we get older we get better. You come to terms with yourself, through emotional experiences and the simple wisdom that comes with age. Linda Evans
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. George Washington
The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret. Leo Buscaglia
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience. Jonathan Swift
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Leo Tolstoy
I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. Lou Holtz
It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one. George Harrison
Friday, February 17, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : EXCELLENCE
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : EXCELLENCE
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.Aristotle
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.John F. Kennedy
Excellent things are rare.Plato
Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.Vince Lombardi
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.Michael J. Fox
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
Tom Peters
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.Colin Powell
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.Thomas Jefferson
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.Pat Riley
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.Booker T. Washington
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.Henry Ward Beecher
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Joe Paterno
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.Horace
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.Oprah Winfrey
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.Steve Jobs
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.William Arthur Ward
The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.
Brian Tracy
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
Abraham Lincoln
The noblest search is the search for excellence.Lyndon B. Johnson
Excellence always sells.Earl Nightingale
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.George Eliot
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.Satchel Paige
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.Confucius
Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.Bob Beamon
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.Thomas J. Watson
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.Zig Ziglar
The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.
Charles R. Swindoll
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.President Barack Obama
Always be getting and doing better. Never settle for mediocrity.Robin Sharma, The Greatness Guide
To achieve our personal best, we must overcome incorrect beliefs, many of which have been imprinted and reinforced ever since third grade.Henry Marsh, The Breakthrough Factor
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.Aristotle
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.John F. Kennedy
Excellent things are rare.Plato
Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.Vince Lombardi
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.Michael J. Fox
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
Tom Peters
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.Colin Powell
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.Thomas Jefferson
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.Pat Riley
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.Booker T. Washington
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.Henry Ward Beecher
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Joe Paterno
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.Horace
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.Oprah Winfrey
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.Steve Jobs
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.William Arthur Ward
The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.
Brian Tracy
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
Abraham Lincoln
The noblest search is the search for excellence.Lyndon B. Johnson
Excellence always sells.Earl Nightingale
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.George Eliot
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.Satchel Paige
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.Confucius
Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.Bob Beamon
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.Thomas J. Watson
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.Zig Ziglar
The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.
Charles R. Swindoll
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.President Barack Obama
Always be getting and doing better. Never settle for mediocrity.Robin Sharma, The Greatness Guide
To achieve our personal best, we must overcome incorrect beliefs, many of which have been imprinted and reinforced ever since third grade.Henry Marsh, The Breakthrough Factor
Sunday, February 12, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DREAMS
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DREAMS
To give up the things you love is to abandon your dreams and allow a part of yourself to die. Nurture these parts of you as you would a flower and it will blossom and bring joy and beauty into your life; joy and beauty you may never have otherwise known.
By Michelle Ambler 2011
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. Denis Waitley
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet. William Butler Yeats
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true. Denis Waitley
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. W. Clement Stone
Do more than dream: work. William Arthur Ward
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. Robert Browning
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck
Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes! Milton Berle
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. Jean Paul Richter
Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. African Proverb
To give up the things you love is to abandon your dreams and allow a part of yourself to die. Nurture these parts of you as you would a flower and it will blossom and bring joy and beauty into your life; joy and beauty you may never have otherwise known.
By Michelle Ambler 2011
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. Denis Waitley
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet. William Butler Yeats
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true. Denis Waitley
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. W. Clement Stone
Do more than dream: work. William Arthur Ward
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. Robert Browning
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck
Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes! Milton Berle
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. Jean Paul Richter
Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. African Proverb
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DIFFICULT TIMES
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DIFFICULT TIMES
"If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." Dolly Parton
"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist." Gail Sheehy
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. Mahummad Ali
"Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." Chuang Tzu
You may not be responsible for getting knocked down, but you're certainly responsible for getting back up. Wally Amos
"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress." Elizabeth Montagu
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. "Nothing" is the worst thing that can happen to us! Richard Bach
"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."
Plato
"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation. Bernard M. Baruch
"Challenges and difficult times aren't just those things that occur to someone else. The secret is in learning to turn problems into positives and attacking each issue with action not inaction." Byron Pulsifer
"Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it." Robert H. Schuller
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher
"Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned." Charles W. Chesnutt
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. Dale Carnegie
Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. Emmet Fox
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney
"If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." Dolly Parton
"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist." Gail Sheehy
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. Mahummad Ali
"Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." Chuang Tzu
You may not be responsible for getting knocked down, but you're certainly responsible for getting back up. Wally Amos
"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress." Elizabeth Montagu
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. "Nothing" is the worst thing that can happen to us! Richard Bach
"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."
Plato
"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation. Bernard M. Baruch
"Challenges and difficult times aren't just those things that occur to someone else. The secret is in learning to turn problems into positives and attacking each issue with action not inaction." Byron Pulsifer
"Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it." Robert H. Schuller
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher
"Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned." Charles W. Chesnutt
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. Dale Carnegie
Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. Emmet Fox
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney
Thursday, February 2, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : COMMUNICATION
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : COMMUNICATION
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
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Dr. Laurence J. Peter
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. Anthony Robbins
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa
Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand. Sue Patton Thoele
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. Stephen King
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. Charles Dickens
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Sydney J. Harris
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. Charlie Kaufman
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. Jim Rohn
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is an language I do not understand. Sir Edward Appleton
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. Aprocrypha
I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up. Tom Lehrer
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. Winston Churchill
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. Pearl S. Buck
Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world. Enrique Iglesias
Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning. Rosenstock Huessy
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk. M. Chase Smith
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
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Dr. Laurence J. Peter
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. Anthony Robbins
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa
Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand. Sue Patton Thoele
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. Stephen King
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. Charles Dickens
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Sydney J. Harris
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. Charlie Kaufman
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. Jim Rohn
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is an language I do not understand. Sir Edward Appleton
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. Aprocrypha
I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up. Tom Lehrer
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. Winston Churchill
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. Pearl S. Buck
Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world. Enrique Iglesias
Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning. Rosenstock Huessy
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk. M. Chase Smith
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