Gary Chapman Quotes

The voice is a second face.

Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by tone of voice.

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

people's emotions are rarely put into words , far more often they are expressed through other cues. the key to intuiting another's feelings is in the ability to read nonverbal channels , tone of voice , gesture , facial expression and the like

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

Ninety-eight per cent of all human communication is non-verbal.

How you use your voice is really important, and it's really driven by context more than anything else, and your tone of voice will immediately begin to impact somebody's mood and immediately how their brain functions.

Body language and tone of voice - not words - are our most powerful assessment tools.

Human communication above and beyond the words that we say is so nuanced. It makes it difficult to not only analyze the vocabulary you use but the intention behind it. That's something even humans have difficulty doing, let alone a robot.

Your message means less than the way the message is delivered, because in actuality, the way the message is delivered, IS the message.

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

Most of us do not use speech to express thought. We use it to express feelings.

In his head, his mother said, 'People shout when they don’t have the vocabulary to whisper'.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

The pitch, timbre, volume, speed, and cadence of your voice, the speed with which you speak, and even the way you modulate pitch and loudness, are all hugely influential factors in how convincing you are and how people judge your state of mind and character.

The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.

I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.

It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

I can look into someone's eyes and feel like I know her better, versus a phone call, where you can't get that same type of emotion. That's why text messaging gets you in trouble: You can't bond, and emoticons explain only so much.

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.

It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel.