Quotes about Communication

If you ask a living teacher a question, he will probably answer you. If you are puzzled by what he says, you can save yourself the trouble of thinking by asking him what he means. If, however, you ask a book a question, you must answer it yourself. In this respect a book is like nature or the world. When you question it, it answers you only to the extent that you do the work of thinking an analysis yourself.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

Communication is the ability to ensure that people understand not only what you say but also what you mean. It is also the ability to listen to and understand others. Developing both of these aspects of communication takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work.

When trying to communicate with each other, a husband and wife should be careful to make sure their voices and faces agree with their words.

It is not enough just to know who we love; we need to know what we love. We need to know why we love the person we love. This is critically important for building a happy and successful marriage.

Few people who marry plan for their marriages to fail, but neither do they specifically plan for success.

Prayer is earthly license for heavenly interference.

Tell someone to do something, and you change their life—for a day; tell someone a story and you change their life.

All this means that we are called to be people who learn to hear God's voice speaking today within the ancient text, and who become vessels of that living word in the world around us.