Quotes about Communication
When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.
— John Maxwell
Most of us think wonderful things about people, but they never know it. Too many of us tend to be tight-fisted with our praise. It's of no value if all you do is think it; it becomes valuable when you impart it.
— John Maxwell
If you lead a team, start asking questions and really listening. Start valuing the contributions of your teammates ahead of your own. And remember that when the best idea wins, so does the entire team.
— John Maxwell
Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.
— John Maxwell
The highest compliment you can give someone is to ask them their opinion.
— John Maxwell
Few things will pay you bigger dividends in life than the time and trouble you take to understand people and build relationships. As
— John Maxwell
Most people want to hear or tell a good story. But they don't realize they can and should be the good story. That requires intentional living.
— John Maxwell
Marriage, like any long-term relationship, requires us to . . . wade through a few things that are difficult. work for many things that are needed. wait on some things that take time. watch out for those things that can be harmful. wave good-bye to personal things that are selfish.
— John Maxwell
Most careers involve other people. You can have great academic intelligence and still lack social intelligence—the ability to be a good listener, to be sensitive toward others, to give and take criticism well.
— John Maxwell
If you're going to connect, people need to know that you understand them.
— John Maxwell
A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.
— John Maxwell
John W. Gardner observed, "If I had to name a single all-purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.
— John Maxwell