Quotes About Connection

And as to the Lord's prayer, although it be an easy thing to say, Our Father, etc., with the mouth; yet there is very few that can, in the Spirit, say the two first words in that prayer; that is, that can call God their Father, as knowing what it is to be born again, and as having experience, that they are begotten of the Spirit of God: which if they do not, all is but babbling, etc.

I found my condition in his experience so largely and profoundly handled, as if his book had been written out of my heart.  This made me marvel: for thus thought I, This man could not know any thing of the state of Christians now, but must needs write and speak the experience of former days.

I sat thinking. How it was she who'd mentioned love first. How she seemed to be waiting, the door still between us, for me to act. And I imagined that if I reached for her I would find her where she lay waiting in the water, and my fingers would glide over her bare wet skin until every inch of her, every crook and hollow, would become mine. I would vouch for her with my life.

I've discovered something interesting, she said. If you ever want to avoid somebody, this city's as small as a postage stamp. But if you ever really want to run into somebody, if you really hope and pray, it's as big as an ocean.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

People dont care what you know until they know what you care

You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion.... The heart comes before the head.

People don't care how much you know unless you know how much you care

You don't really understand people until you hear their life story. If you know their stories, you grasp their history, their hurts, their hopes and aspirations. You put yourself in their shoes. And just by virtue of listening and remembering what's important to them, you communicate that you care and desire to add value.

People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.

A Chinese proverb says, "Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well." Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

You cannot kindle afire in any other heart until it is burning within your -ELEANOR DOAN

For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.

There isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story." —Fred Rogers

Tone, inflection, timing, volume, pacing—everything you do with your voice communicates something and has the potential to help you connect to or disconnect from others when you speak.

Effective teams have teammates who are constantly talking to one another.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Connectors create an experience everyone enjoys.

What's the key to relating to others? It's putting yourself in someone else's place instead of putting them in their place.

communication comes from the Latin word communis, meaning "common.

when you find yourself, you find your audience.

If you want to win over another person, first win his heart, and the rest of him is likely to follow.