Quotes about Communication

When you're doing what's right for you, it's okay to say it once, simply, and then refuse to discuss anything further.

We do not have to act in haste; we do not have to punish others to get control over our feelings. We can begin sharing our hurt feelings with others. That brings relief and often healing to them and to us.

The best way to respond to distracting personal attacks is to practice bringing the conversation back to the issue at hand. Never fall into the trap of engaging in personal attacks while letting the topic of conversation slip into the background. Doing so allows your opponent to escape the need to explain her position.

Civility and political correctness, contrary to the thinking of many, are not the same. Civility constrains behavior and words based on genuine caring about others, while political correctness is only a facade of caring while hoping to cultivate public approval.

We can help our nation quite a bit if we refrain from getting into our respective corners and throwing hand grenades at each other, and instead try to understand the other's viewpoint, reject the stifling of political correctness, and engage in intelligent civil discussion.

Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life. PROVERBS 18:21

Compromise is most likely when both parties respect each other no matter how much they disagree. In stressful situations where you need a consensus, respect sometimes means saying nothing and refraining from name-calling even when irritated.

Five obstacles block our access to the benefits God wants for us: Unbelief, which hinders knowing God Pride, which prevents us from glorifying God Idolatry, which keeps us from being satisfied with God Prayerlessness, which blocks our experience of God's peace Legalism, which stops our enjoyment of God's presence

Texans didn't have the vocabulary God gave a groundhog.

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:37

If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body. James 3:2

Oh, the positive power of an instructed tongue! How many weary people do we encounter day after day who could use a sustaining word?