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Top 100 Communication Quotes (2025 Update)

Communication Quotes: “Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.” — Nat Turner

1. “Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.”

Communication Quotes: “Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication.” — Mike Krzyzewski

2. “Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication.”

— Mike Krzyzewski

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes, Quotes About Work, Sports Quotes, Teamwork Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Communication works for those who work at it.” — John Powell

3. “Communication works for those who work at it.”

— John Powell

Also featured in: Effort Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

Communication Quotes: “In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect and inspires, encouraging others to do their best.” — Zig Ziglar

4. “In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect and inspires, encouraging others to do their best.”

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Positive Motivational Quotes, Sales Motivational Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” — Stephen R. Covey

5. “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Communication Quotes: “You cannot not communicate.” — Paul Watzlawick

6. “You cannot not communicate.”

— Paul Watzlawick

Also featured in: Design Quotes

Communication Quotes: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” — Nelson Mandela

7. “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Human Nature Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Beautiful Quotes, Quotes About People

Communication Quotes: “Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.” — Dale Carnegie

8. “Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Overcoming Fear Quotes, Practice Quotes, Quotes About Skills

Communication Quotes: “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” — Mark Twain

9. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Funny Quotes, Famous Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.” — Dale Carnegie

10. “Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Quotes About People

Communication Quotes: “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” — Dale Carnegie

11. “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.” — Richard Branson

12. “Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Smart Quotes

Communication Quotes: “The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.” — Nhat Hanh

13. “The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.”

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Relationship Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes, Harmony Quotes, Wise Quotes

Communication Quotes: “The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” — Stephen R. Covey

14. “The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Communication Quotes: “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” — Brian Tracy

15. “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Helping Quotes

Communication Quotes: “My father always used to say, “Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.”” — Desmond Tutu

16. “My father always used to say, “Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.””

— Desmond Tutu

Also featured in: Short Quotes

Communication Quotes: “We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.” — Carl R. Rogers

17. “We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.”

— Carl R. Rogers

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Empathy Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Humanism Quotes, Compassion Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Man’s inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.” — Carl R. Rogers

18. “Man’s inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.”

— Carl R. Rogers

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes

Communication Quotes: “The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.” — Tony Robbins

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

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes

Communication Quotes: “In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.” — Thich Nhat Hanh

20. “In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Communication Quotes: “Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said.” — Dale Carnegie

21. “Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said.”

— Dale Carnegie

Communication Quotes: “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” — Epictetus

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

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Stoic Philosophy Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being.” — Marshall B. Rosenberg

23. “Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being.”

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Empathy Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes

Communication Quotes: “The medium is the message.” — Marshall McLuhan

24. “The medium is the message.”

— Marshall McLuhan

Communication Quotes: “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” — Rumi

25. “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Listen to many, speak to a few.” — William Shakespeare

26. “Listen to many, speak to a few.”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Famous Quotes

Communication Quotes: “If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.” — Zig Ziglar

27. “If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.”

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Impact Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Well done is better than well said.” — Benjamin Franklin

28. “Well done is better than well said.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Action Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” — Stephen R. Covey

29. “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Relationship Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” — Mother Teresa

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

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

Communication Quotes: “To be interesting, be interested.” — Dale Carnegie

31. “To be interesting, be interested.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Personality Quotes

Communication Quotes: “When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.” — Dalai Lama XIV

32. “When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes, Buddhist Quotes

Communication Quotes: “There is no time to leave important words unsaid.” — Paulo Coelho

33. “There is no time to leave important words unsaid.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Short Positive Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Important Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Clarity affords focus.” — Thomas Leonard

34. “Clarity affords focus.”

— Thomas Leonard

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Short Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” — Stephen R. Covey

35. “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Relationship Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.” — Jim Rohn

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

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes

Communication Quotes: “One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.” — Jim Rohn

37. “One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.”

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Care Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Great communication begins with connection.” — Oprah Winfrey

38. “Great communication begins with connection.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Short Quotes, Short Positive Quotes

Communication Quotes: “It’s not what you say, but how you say it!” — Mae West

39. “It’s not what you say, but how you say it!”

Also featured in: Witty Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.” — Dale Carnegie

40. “Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Work Quotes

Communication Quotes: “THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?” — Alan Redpath

41. “THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?”

— Alan Redpath

Also featured in: Quotes About Thinking, Quotes for Better Decisions, Virtue Quotes, Family Quotes

Communication Quotes: “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” — Robin Williams

42. “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”

— Robin Williams

Also featured in: Creativity Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Changing the World Quotes

Communication Quotes: “To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be creditable; to be credible we must be truthful.” — Edward R. Murrow

43. “To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be creditable; to be credible we must be truthful.”

— Edward R. Murrow

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Honesty Quotes, Quotes About Trust

Communication Quotes: “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” — Bryant McGill

44. “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”

— Bryant McGill

Also featured in: Values Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Respect Quotes, Respect To Be Respected Quotes

Communication Quotes: “The essence of communication is intention.” — Werner Erhard

45. “The essence of communication is intention.”

— Werner Erhard

Communication Quotes: “The true beauty of music is that it connects people.” — Roy Ayers

46. “The true beauty of music is that it connects people.”

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Artist Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?” — Sathya Sai Baba

47. “Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?”

— Sathya Sai Baba

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Enlightenment Quotes, Quality Quotes, Practice Quotes, Kindness Quotes

Communication Quotes: “Effective change communication is at the heart of successful change, it acts like the blood in our bodies, but instead of supplying vital oxygen and nutrients, communication supplies information and motivation to the impacted stakeholders.” — Peter F Gallagher

48. “Effective change communication is at the heart of successful change, it acts like the blood in our bodies, but instead of supplying vital oxygen and nutrients, communication supplies information and motivation to the impacted stakeholders.”

— Peter F Gallagher

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes

Communication Quotes: “If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.” — Dale Carnegie

49. “If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Personality Quotes, Real Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

Communication Quotes: “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.” — Tony Robbins

50. “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.”

— Tony Robbins

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