Communication Quotes

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Communication Quotes

These communication quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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"I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible."

-- Jane Austen

"I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible."

-- Jane Austen

"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller."

-- Steve Jobs

"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller."

-- Steve Jobs

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work."

-- Peter Drucker

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work."

-- Peter Drucker

"Management is about human beings."

-- Peter Drucker

"Management is about human beings."

-- Peter Drucker

"Communication is what the listener does."

-- Peter Drucker

"Communication is what the listener does."

-- Peter Drucker

"My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions."

-- Peter Drucker

"My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions."

-- Peter Drucker

"The leaders who work most effectively never say ‘I.’ They say ‘we."

-- Peter Drucker

"The leaders who work most effectively never say ‘I.’ They say ‘we."

-- Peter Drucker

"An organization is only as good as the people it keeps."

-- Peter Drucker

"An organization is only as good as the people it keeps."

-- Peter Drucker

"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer."

-- Peter Drucker

"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer."

-- Peter Drucker

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."

-- Peter Drucker

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."

-- Peter Drucker

"The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow."

-- Bill Gates

"The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow."

-- Bill Gates

"Timely truth is immensely important for the collective consciousness to function well."

-- Elon Musk

"Timely truth is immensely important for the collective consciousness to function well."

-- Elon Musk

"People work better when they know what the goal is and why."

-- Elon Musk

"People work better when they know what the goal is and why."

-- Elon Musk

"The strength of a society depends upon the presence of points of contact, possibilities of interaction between different groups which exist in it."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The strength of a society depends upon the presence of points of contact, possibilities of interaction between different groups which exist in it."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness."

-- Mother Teresa

"I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness."

-- Mother Teresa

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."

-- Mother Teresa

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."

-- Mother Teresa

"The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger."

-- Dalai Lama

"The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger."

-- Dalai Lama

"When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new."

-- Dalai Lama

"When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new."

-- Dalai Lama

"Silence is sometimes the best answer."

-- Dalai Lama

"Silence is sometimes the best answer."

-- Dalai Lama

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care"

-- Gautama Buddha

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care"

-- Gautama Buddha

"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood."

-- Gautama Buddha

"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood."

-- Gautama Buddha

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These communication quotes capture different sides of the experience — from struggle to strength. Find the lines that resonate and carry them with you.

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Some of the most celebrated communication quotes come from Krishna, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, among many others featured on this page.

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Popular communication quotes include: "Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, and beneficial." -- Krishna Also: "Be silent in two situations: When you feel one can't understand your feelings from words, and when you can understand without any words." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

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