Quotes About Communication

Find your pacifier and shut the hell up!

What does salmon have to do with the Warriors?" I asked. Sydney shot me a wry look. "Psalms, not salon. And I don't know the connection.

I thought you'd forgotten," she said, legitimately surprised. it had never left her mind--especially in light of recent developments--but she'd thought it had slipped his. "I don't forget anything," he teased. "Especially something like that. Wait for me, and we'll talk.

Adrian met my eyes for a long moment, saying nothing aloud yet somehow conveying a million messages.

If God was real, I figured He was powerful enough to know what I wanted without me actually saying the right words.

He pressed his cheek to my forehead. "I don't know," he said. "I think you're my strength." It was a sweet and romantic statement, but something about it bothered me. "That's not quite right," I said, wondering how I could put my feelings into words. I knew you could help someone else in a relationship. You could strengthen them and support them. But you couldn't actually do everything for them.

When it came to the strong-willed women in my life, I found it was sometimes easiest to nod and agree with whatever they dictated was best.

Estoy confundido. No consigo leer tus señales. Unas veces si, otras no. Dices que me quieres, pero dices que no quieres. Si te decidieras, sería fantástico, pero me estás haciendo pensar una cosa y, a continuación, al final acabas yendo en una dirección completamente diferente. No sólo ahora, todo el tiempo.

Part of me felt mollified by the letter, though another part felt he still could have been a bit more tactful in his earlier treatment, busy or no. The rest of me pointed out that all of these "parts of me" probably should be in therapy.

But anything other than a yes or no question was beyond us, apparently. He opened up his mouth as though he would say something. He looked like he was trying hard, like Adrian had with the plant. But no sound came out. "I'm sorry," I whispered. "I'm sorry I don't understand . . . and . . . I'm sorry for everything else." Mason gave me one last wistful look and then vanished.

Really?" I asked when they were gone. "Did you have to say that?" "I speak my mind, Sage. Don't you believe in telling the truth?

Of course, some might argue that one can never know what's in the heart of a woman— For they are strange and mysterious creatures,and a man must be a mind reader if he ever wishes to make them happy.

That's not what I meant! What happened?" He shrugged. "I told the truth." "Adrian!" "I'm serious. She asked me what my greatest strength was. I said getting along with people." "That not bad," I admitted. "Then she asked me what my greatest weakness was. And I said, 'Where should I start.'" "Adrian!

No. Yeva hasn't been very forthcoming this morning.

La verdad es que cualquier cosa de la que no puedas hablar ya está fuera de control en tu vida.

Talk to God before talking to the person. Discuss the problem with God. If you will pray about the conflict first instead of gossiping to a friend, you will often discover that either God changes your heart or he changes the other person without your help. All your relationships would go smoother if you would just pray more about them. As David

did with his psalms, use prayer to ventilate vertically. Tell God your frustrations. Cry out to him. He's never surprised or upset by your anger, hurt, insecurity, or any other emotions. So tell him exactly how you feel.

Delay only deepens resentment and makes matters worse. In conflict, time heals nothing; it causes hurts to fester.

Use your ears more than your mouth.

Listening says, "I value your opinion, I care about our relationship, and you matter to me." The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.

Reconciliation means you bury the hatchet, not necessarily the issue.

algunos maestros de la Biblia son capaces de tomar el libro más apasionante del mundo y con él aburrir a las personas hasta las lágrimas.

Lo que puede parecer un atrevimiento, para Dios es autenticidad. Dios escucha las palabras apasionadas de sus amigos; se aburre con los clichés reverentes y previsibles. Si quieres ser amigo de Dios, debes ser sincero con él, comunicarle lo que de verdad sientes, no lo que piensas que deberías sentir o decir.

Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution.