Quotes about Communication

Choosing a gentle reply doesn't mean you're weak; it actually means you possess a rare and godly strength.

all the many times I assign thoughts to others that they never actually think. I hold them accountable to harsh judgments they never make. And I own a rejection from them they never gave me.

coated with unmet expectations. So, what do I do? Well, I've found it tremendously helpful to list the expectations I have of a relationship in which I'm feeling slighted. Then I prayerfully discern whether or not my expectations are realistic or unrealistic. And if I can't really discern one way or the other, I ask. I ask God. I ask that person. I ask someone wise who knows both of us well.

Sometimes relationships grow stronger through conflict; other times relationships end.

Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be

People who care more about being right than ending right prove just how wrong they were all along. Lord, let me end this the right way.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; For, thus friends absent speak.

What is distinctive and engaging about Jesus is not the novel things he says but the way he says things. He is creative not so much because he says things that are completely new but because he speaks with such authority.

Shouting is obvious; not talking to each other slips by.

The authors challenge that the marriage in which one cannot express disappointment has become an idol — The Thing that Cannot Be Questioned.

I realize that many dear followers of Christ have been taught that God only speaks to his sons and daughters through the Bible. The irony of that theology is this: that's not what the Bible teaches! The Scriptures are filled with stories of God speaking to his people—intimately, personally.