Quotes about Communication

Good as is discourse, silence is better and shames it.

The mind will quote whether the tongue does or not.

Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.

The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Don't limit God to fit in the way that you think that He is going to speak, because just about the time that we think we have Him figured out, He will oftentimes speak to us in another way. God wants us to be in tune with him, and not just in tune with one of the ways that He gives those words.

You could tell a lot about someone by listening to him talk about his enemies.

Changes in language often reflect the changing values of a culture.

It's just that I'd rather get to know you before I get to know your lips.

In the past, missionaries have traveled to far countries with the message of the gospel - with great hardship and often with the loss of life. In contrast, we can reach millions instantly from the comfort of our homes by merely hitting the 'send' button on our computers, or with iPads, or phones.

When the kids were growing up, we didn't have a television in the house connected to a cable or an antenna. If something bad happened in the world, I wanted the kids to hear about it from me.