Communication

Who speaks, sows; who keeps silence, reaps.

Italian proverbs

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Benjamin Franklin

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Dale Carnegie

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Stephen Covey

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Napoleon Hill

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Victor Borge

What the child hears at the fire is soon known at the minster.

French proverbs

Faults are thick where love is thin.

English proverbs

When words fail, music speaks.

William Shakespeare

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

Blaise Pascal

The limits of language are the limits of one's world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

A good idea is an orphan without effective communication.

Andrew Hunt

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

Zig Ziglar

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong, without comment.

T.H. White

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Mahatma Gandhi

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.

Blaise Pascal

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday.

Estonian proverbs

To give counsel as well as to take it is a feature of true friendship.

Cicero