Importance of Communicating Properly

1. “Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a
      witness.” “Two monologues do not make a dialogue.”
2. “The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.” Lying is done with
      words and also with silence.
3. When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. To listen well is as
     powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. Saying nothing...
          sometimes says the most. If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.
    4. Argument is the worst sort of conversation. The more elaborate our means of
        communication, the less we communicate.
   5. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to
        say something. Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
   6. The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just 
        listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... 
        A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well- intentioned words.
7. 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.

8. Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual
     differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open,
   and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
9. Mother Teresa said : "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
10. Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
11. Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they  
      say. Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
12. If there is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to put yourself in the other person's place
      and to see things from his point of view as well as your own. First learn the meaning of what you say,
      and then speak.
13. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Remember, what
       you say comes back to you.
14. If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time.
15. Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
16. The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives

17. Communication--the human connection--is the key to personal and career success.
18. He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know
19. Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-
      hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.