Jim Rohn Quotes

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

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

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Different people need different kinds of communication for it to have the same effect. That was something I had to learn.

If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?

More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another. Whether the other be an adult or a child, our engagement in listening to who that person is can often be our greatest gift. Whether that person is speaking or playing or dancing, building or singing or painting, if we care, we can listen.

We must seek to understand the intent of communication without prejudging or rejecting the content... Communication, after all, is not so much a matter of intellect as it is of trust and acceptance of others, of their ideas and feelings, acceptance of the fact that they're different, and that from their point of view, they are right.

Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.

If you want understanding try giving some.

Ser compreendido é prostituir-se.

There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.

Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a prerequisite of love. One of the most essential ways of saying 'I love you' is being a receptive listener.

the delicacy that respects a friend's silence is one of the charms of life.

I believe if there's any kind of God it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.

Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.

People give themselves to you, in their talking, and in other ways, if you are quiet and patient and let them, and not in such a damned rush to give yourself to them you go bat-blind and deaf.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

Just as our love for God begins with listening to God's Word, the beginning of love for other Christians is learning to listen to them.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.