Quotes on Great Communication

Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.