Quotes About Communication

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

Los grandes líderes casi siempre son unos grandes simplificadores, que reducen las discusiones, los debates y las dudas a sus elementos esenciales, a fin de ofrecer una solución que todo el mundo pueda entender". COLIN POWELL

El matemático francés Blaise Pascal describió muy bien este problema en su célebre frase: "Lamento haber escrito esta carta tan larga, pero no tenía tiempo para hacerla más corta".

los grandes líderes no solamente son capaces de simplificar sino que, además, pueden comunicarse con el público en unos términos universalmente comprensibles.

diga lo que piensa y crea en lo que dice"; de preferencia, dígalo con pocas y bien escogidas palabras.

Puede que una palabra correcta sea eficaz, pero ninguna palabra es tan eficaz como una pausa en el momento adecuado".

Esta actitud de esconderse hasta que pase la tormenta no le sirve de mucho a la reputación del líder o de su compañía y, por lo general, solo sirve para empeorar las cosas.

Would I ever support Trump? No. But would I try to talk to him about issues I care about, from climate change to criminal justice reform, and encourage him to take a better approach? Of course. As I told him all those years ago, life is too short for enemies and the spirit of forgiveness is far stronger than the spirit of revenge. Would Donald agree? Sadly, I doubt it.

En conclusión, este es mi consejo: trabaje duro para mejorar su suerte, no se ponga debajo de un árbol durante una tormenta y jamás sienta miedo de hablar con desconocidos. Nunca se sabe: ¡a lo mejor puede encontrarse con su propio Sergey!

I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant.

Excuse me, I said. I thought you were a trout stream. I'm not, she said.

Today's parents tend to be uncomfortable with their authority.

Practice telling your child your expectations and wishes in statements that declare rather than ask.

Stop treating your child as royalty whose every want must be met. Teach your child to turn demands into polite requests.

Allowing children open access to every aspect of parents' lives can make for children who simply cannot bear the idea of their parents having experiences, relationships, and more that exclude them.

Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts.

Lincoln was a master of small group theatrics.

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

The manner in which we carry ourselves has an equally significant role to play in expressing body language.

Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.

So, too, I and countless others have chosen to give God a fair hearing—if only he would speak. I would listen to him even now, at this very moment. Yet he remains silent.

Eloquence is vehement simplicity.

Then he had beaten her with a hockey stick because he had objected to her nailing the paw of a beige cocker spaniel to the floor because the dog was stubborn and refused to understand the most elemental instructions to remain still when she had called out the command to do so.

Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, And there are words not made with lungs