Stephen Covey Quotes

Communication is my thing.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.

Since in order to speak, one must first listen, learn to speak by listening.

Effective communication is fascinating to me yet bad communication is just as fascinating. There are lessons to be learned from both. I can't say I am a natural communicator, it's taken a lot of work to be able to develop content relevant to the audience and deliver it with credibility. My initial natural ability tended to be more around the visual display of information. For years I was more comfortable visualizing other people's great thinking. I preferred to be hidden behind the curtain than a thinker myself.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

if you want someone to stop listening to you go ahead and yell. If you want them to listen to every word, whisper. -Mimi

Communication in every which way is everything for the leader.

"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.

Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

Few people...have had much training in listening. The training of most oververbalized professional intellectuals is in the opposite direction. Living in a competitive culture, most of us are most of the time chiefly concerned with getting our own views across, and we tend to find other people's speeches a tedious interruption of the flow of our own ideas.

Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work, after you work, in between work, with your children, with your husband, with your friends, with your mother, with your father. It's everything. And it's where you learn everything.

Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.

Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.