Quotes about Communication

But, oh! we are far more occupied with our work than we are with prayer. We believe more in speaking to men than we believe in speaking to God.

Jesus did not teach His disciples how to preach but how to pray. To know how to speak to God is more vital than knowing how to speak to men. It is power with God not man that is of supreme

Jesus never taught His disciples how to preach, only how to pray.

I guess that was the forerunner of our Saturday morning meetings. We wanted everybody to know what was going on and everybody to be aware of the mistakes we made. When somebody made a bad mistake—whether it was myself or anybody else—we talked about it, admitted it, tried to figure out how to correct it, and then moved on to the next days work.

This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

In a man's letters his soul lies naked.

I look upon every day to be lost in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

I found our speech copious without order, and energetic without rules

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The art of communicating instruction, of whatever kind, is much to be valued; and I have ever thought that those who devote themselves to this employment, and do their duty with diligence and success, are entitled to very high respect from the community, as Johnson himself often maintained. Yet I am of opinion that the greatest abilities are not only not required for this office, but render a man less fit for it.