Communication isn't just about talking - it's about getting a message across, forging links and making an impression. Whether you're a speaker, marketer or trainer, words have an incredible power to shape the world. Here are 10 powerful and inspiring quotes that remind us that good communication is an art... and sometimes a superpower.
Communication is a difficult science. It's not an exact science. It has to be learned and cultivated.
Jean-Luc Lagardère, French business and media leader
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Stephen Covey, American businessman and lecturer
The medium is the message.
Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher
In communication, the most complicated thing is not the message or the technique, but the receiver.
Dominique Wolton, French sociologist
The most important thing in communication is to hear what is not being said.
Peter Drucker, American author and professor
Communication is like an iceberg: there are the words spoken and the underlying emotions.
John Powell, Scottish-American composer
Active listening is perhaps the greatest gift you can give another person.
Carl Rogers, American humanist psychologist
Listening to others is still the best way to hear what they have to say.
Pierre Dac, French comedian and actor
The most beautiful words in the world are just useless sounds if you don't understand them.
Anatole France, French writer
Any refusal to communicate is an attempt to communicate. Any gesture of indifference or hostility is a disguised appeal.
Albert Camus, French writer
