Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening?

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.

Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

Speech may be barren; but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.

Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.

Communication is the ability to ensure that people understand not only what you say but also what you mean. It is also the ability to listen to and understand others. Developing both of these aspects of communication takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work.

Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposition of both the parties who partake in it.

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.