We must use................................

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.” Nelson Mandela

We could all..............................

We could all learn a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Truth is the.................................................

Truth is the only safe ground to stand on. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The only substitute .........

The only substitute for bad manners is good reflexes.

Seeing much, suffering ............................

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning. – Benjamin Disraeli

Every oak tree ......................................................

Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

Practice doesn’t make ...................................................

Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Vince Lombardi

Advice is what.......................

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.

He that always..........................

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principals of his own. Aesop

Wishing to be.............................

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Aristotle

Needing someone is.....................................

Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If he isn’t there the first time, you won’t be needing him again.

Success is the.................................

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

Never interrupt your............................

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

Be the change...

Be the change that you want to see in the world.
- Gandhi

All really great..........................

All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

- Marya Mannes

Some men see ...................................

"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not."
George Bernard Shaw.

Your vision will..................................

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."
Carl Jung

To accomplish great.........................................................

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
Anatole France 

Some people dream.....................

"Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it."
Colin Powell

If your actions ..........................

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
John Quincy Adams

"Twenty years from ..................................

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain

“When you follow .............

“When you follow the dream in you heart, you’re energised, inspired, and motivated.”
Dr. John F. Demartini

If you can .................

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward

"Some men see....................................

"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.”
George Bernard Shaw

The future belongs ..................

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

"A man is ................................

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."

--Proverb

You cannot dream .......................................

You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one. Henry David Thoreau

When one is ................

When one is at home, he dreams of adventure.
When one is on an adventure, he dreams of home.

We’ve removed the ...................................

We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams. Jesse Jackson

The two words.............................................

The two words ‘information' and ‘communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.”

Sydney J. Harris

(American Journalist and Author, He wrote a syndicated column, Strictly Personal, from 1944-86. 1917-1986)

In the last .........................................

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”

Stephen R. Covey

The liberty of .......................................................

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

 Thomas Jefferson

(American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)

Do not speak ....................

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Plutarch

(Ancient Greek Biographer and Author, 46-119)

Speech is the .................................

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.”

Publilius Syrus  

(Roman author, 1st century B.C.)

Don't appear so...............................................................

Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.”

Moliere 

(French Actor, Playwright and Writer the greatest of all writers of French comedy, 1622-1673)

The tongue is .......

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

Washington Irving

(American Writer called the first American man of letters. Best known for the short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. 1783-1859)

“Two men in ...........................................

“Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue”

African Proverb quotes

To listen well ..................................

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well”

John Marshall 

(American Founder constitutional law and the Supreme Court of the United States. 1755-1835)

A writer writes................................................

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.

Leo Rosten  

(Polish born American comic Novelist, He is best known for his humorous works and character Hyman Kaplan. 1908-1997)

Storytellers, by the.....................................................

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and the world: telling stories is a universally accessible means through which people make meaning”.

Chris Cavanaugh

Examine what is ...................................

Examine what is said, not who speaks”

Arabian Proverb quotes

Give sorrow words.

 Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.”

William Shakespeare

(English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

Good communication does ..................................................

Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.”

John Kotter

Genuine poetry can ........................

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”

T.S. Eliot

(American born English Editor, Playwright, Poet and Critic, 1888-1965)

Music . . .

Music . . . can name the un-nameable and communicate the unknowable.”

Leonard Bernstein 

(American Conductor, Composer and Pianist. 1918-1990)

Men and women............................................

Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.”

Bill Cosby 

(American Actor, Comedian and Producer. b.1937, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

Public speaking is.......................................

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy 

(American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

To effectively communicate, ...............................

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

Anthony Robbins

If we are strong......................................................

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

(American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

“The most important ...............................................

“The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them”

Stephen King

(American Writer, best known for his horror novels. b.1947)

Deep listening is.............................................

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.”

Sue Patton Thoele

All noise is waste.

All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.”

Elbert Hubbard 

(American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915)

First learn the.......................................

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”

Epictetus

(Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135)

Communication................................

Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.”

The more elaborate..............................

The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.”

Joseph Priestley

(English Chemist and Clergyman, 1733-1804)

Start with good ...................................

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.”

Lee Iacocca

Kind words can ...................

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta quotes

(Albanian born Indian Missionary and Founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. 1910-1997)

Communication................................

Communication is the real work of leadership.

Nitin Nohria

Quote for Today

When all other means of communication fail, try words.

Quote for Today

“If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.”

Voltaire 

(French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)

Quote for Today

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.”

Anne Morrow Lindbergh quotes

(American writer and aviation pioneer, 1906-2001)

Quote for Today

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.”

Lao Tzu 

(Chinese taoist Philosopher, founder of Taoism, wrote "Tao Te Ching" (also "The Book of the Way"). 600 BC-531 BC)

Quote for Today

“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives”

Anthony Robbins

(American advisor to leaders)

Quote for Today

Communication works for those who work at it.”

John Powell

Quote for Today

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

Epictetus quotes

(Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, AD 55-c.135)