Quotes about Communication

The appropriateness of my responses to others is directly related to the accuracy of my view of myself, and for that there is grace too.

The call is to do theology in loving community with other people. Truth not spoken in love ceases to be true because it's bent and twisted by other human agendas.

Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. (James 1:19)

They were convinced that they had made the mistake of marrying a messed-up person; they were convinced that the other had made them do things they would not otherwise have done; and they were convinced that they had no power to make the other change, although they had tried.

When I gossip, I confess the sin of another person to someone who is not involved. Gossip doesn't restrain sin; it encourages it. It doesn't build someone's character; it destroys his reputation.

you and I need to be open and approachable in the midst of our discouragement. We'll never get the help we need if we first demand that people sign on to our view of things before we are willing to open up to them and listen to what they have to say to us.

Love calls you to be silent when you want to speak, and to speak when you would like to be silent.

So much of our disappointment in relationships is not because we have an unrealistic view of others, but because we have a distorted view of ourselves.

The reconciliation of a marriage must be a lifestyle, not just the response you have when things go bad. Consider

The things you do and say always tell you more about yourself than whoever you're speaking or responding to

A good relationship is a good relationship because the people in the relationship never quit working on the relationship.

If Apple were to grow the iPod into a cell phone with a web browser, Microsoft would be in big trouble.