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The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
Ralph G. Nichols
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
Bryant H. McGill
The art of conversation lies in listening.
Malcom Forbes
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
Peter Drucker
The greatest gift you can give another person is the purity of your attention.
Richard Moss
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
Karl A. Menniger
The first duty of love is to listen.
Paul Tillich
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Anonymous
Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear.
Nadine Gordimer
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Rudyard Kipling
The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.
Unknown
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain
The words you speak become the house you live in.
Hafiz
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Thomas Jefferson
The words we choose to say something are just as important as the decision to speak.
Unknown
Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you.
Unknown
Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people.
C. JoyBell C.
Empathy is the glue that holds friendships together.
Jane Green
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
Hubert H. Humphrey
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.
Rachel Naomi Remen
The better you know someone, the more clearly you can hear their voice in your head when you read their words.
Leah Raeder
Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.
Max Carver
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David Thoreau
Empathy is the key to great stories.
Austin Kleon
The art of compromise is the art of communication.
David Cottrell
Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Compromise is the essence of diplomacy.
John F. Kennedy
Compromise is the key to any healthy relationship.
Tyler Perry
Compromise is the oil that makes relationships work.
Dr. Gary Chapman
Compromise is the lifeblood of democracy. It is how we move forward.
Joe Biden
Compromise is the only way to make everyone happy.
Larry David
Compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes they have the biggest piece.
Ludwig Erhard
Compromise is not a dirty word. Life requires it, and so does effective communication.
Virginia Satir
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
Morrie Schwartz
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
Elisabeth Foley
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Ernest Hemingway
Forgiveness is the oil of all relationships.
Anonymous
The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.
Unknown
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
Hannah Arendt
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
George MacDonald
Forgiveness is the only way to heal.
Unknown
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
Dag Hammarskjold
Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess.
Richard Branson
Communication is the fuel that keeps the fire of your relationship burning, without it, your relationship goes cold.
William Paisley
Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.
Nat Turner
Communication is the lifeline of any relationship. Without it, the relationship will starve itself to death.
Elizabeth Bourgeret
Communication is the foundation of all healthy relationships.
Unknown
Communication is the glue that holds friendships together.
Unknown
Communication is the key to building trust and understanding.
Unknown
Communication is the key to success in any relationship. Without it, there is no relationship.
Tony Robbins
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Richard Bach
Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
Respect is not imposed nor begged; it's earned and offered.
Amit Kalantri
Respect is the foundation of any healthy relationship.
Unknown
Respect is the first step in creating a friendship that lasts a lifetime.
Unknown
Respect is the glue that holds friendships together.
Unknown
Respect is the cornerstone of any successful friendship.
Unknown
Respect is the key to a successful friendship. Without it, there can be no trust, no loyalty, and no lasting bond.
Unknown
Respect is the foundation of any strong and healthy friendship. It is the key to building trust, understanding, and mutual support.
Unknown
Loyalty is what makes us trust. Trust is what makes us stay. Staying is what makes us love, and love is what gives us hope.
Glennon Melton
Loyalty is the strongest glue which makes a relationship last for a lifetime.
Mario Puzo
Loyalty is a two-way street. If I'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me.
Harvey Specter
Loyalty is the foundation of friendship. Without it, there is nothing.
Unknown
Loyalty is the strongest bond between two people. It's the foundation of any relationship.
Unknown
Loyalty is the key to any successful relationship. Without it, there can be no trust, no love, and no friendship.
Unknown
Loyalty is the most important quality in any relationship. It's what keeps us together through thick and thin.
Unknown
Loyalty is the essence of true friendship. It's what makes us stick together through the good times and the bad.
Unknown
Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.
Doreen Virtue
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
Warren Buffett
You get peace of mind not by thinking about it or imagining it, but by quietening and relaxing the restless mind.
Remez Sasson
The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.
Bear Grylls
The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.
Stephen R. Covey
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.
Brené Brown
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
Eden Ahbez
The only way to make a friend is to be one.
Unknown
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
Honesty is the foundation of all human connection. Without it, trust is weakened, relationships are damaged, and communication is hampered.
Jen Lawrence
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
Mother Teresa
Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth-telling, truth-speaking, truth-living, and truth-loving.
James E. Faust
Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.
James Altucher
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Mary Kay Ash
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
Josh Billings
Honesty is the best friendship policy.
Unknown
Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in.
Richard Jeni
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
Oscar Wilde
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Victor Hugo
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
George Bernard Shaw
Laughter is the language of the soul.
Pablo Neruda
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Charlie Chaplin
Laughter is the foundation of reconciliation.
St. Francis de Sales
Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.
Mort Walker
Laughter is the music of the heart.
Anonymous
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 Covey
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people.
Stephen R. Covey
Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
Warren Bennis
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
William P. Young
Trust is the key to friendship, and communication is the key to trust.
Dan Groat
Trust is the foundation of all human connections, from chance encounters to friendships and intimate relationships.
Stephen Covey
Trust is the foundation of any successful relationship, both personal and professional.
Unknown
Trust is the glue that binds friendships, and communication is the key to building that trust.
Unknown
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Woodrow T. Wilson
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
Thomas Aquinas
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Jean de La Fontaine
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.
John Evelyn
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Cicero
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
C.S. Lewis
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