Quotes About Communication

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.

The only way not to break a friendship is not to drop it.

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.

A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk to you when you want it to talk, and it will keep still when you want it to keep still; and there are not many friends who know enough to do that.

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.

A happy marriage is only going to happen if you sit and talk about things.

A great marriage is when there's understanding and friendship and not one which just demands for respect.

For me, laughter is such a huge part of a relationship. My wife has a great sense of humor. What I like is to try to make her laugh.

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are.

Girlfriends have a come hither look. Wives have a hitherto look.

People won't like me for saying it but a major cause of marital problems today are men who want to remain boys, and women who want to be men.

Whoever keeps his mouth shut when he realizes that he is wrong is wise and he who holds the mouth even if he is right is married.

Marriage is a divine covenant not a contract. Don't confuse miscommunication with incompatible.

A good marriage or long-term relationship comes from commitment in each other and never giving up through all the rough times!

Giving a sincere apology and using these ways to say sorry can help restore your relationship with your husband or wife, and can help you grow in humility, as well. And its critical to saving marriage.

Wife: I love you. Husband: I love you too. Wife: Prove it, scream it to world. Husband:*whispers in ear* I love you. Wife: Why'd you whisper it to me? Husband: Because you are my world.

I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with.

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.

Marriage is the interview that never ends.

Sex appeal alone is the poorest basis in the world for a happy marriage.