Quotes About Communication

He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

The words of a wise manís mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ëBe ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.í

Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Laundererís Field,

And the LORD spoke to me further:

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.