A successful relationship is built through good communication and understanding.
It doesn’t matter whether it is a close or long-distance relationship. Quotes about communication will inspire you to pay attention to what the other person is saying and also be able to communicate exactly how you feel to your partner.
Honestly, the importance of effective communication is underrated. In businesses, relationships, and in all our interactions with everything around us.
Effective communication is the key to success, whether you intend to build the best team or best marriage ever with your partner.
Most businesses and relationships fail due to a lack of communication. However, it is possible to fix broken communication in a relationship but it would be better to avoid things that will lead to a gap in communication between you and your partner.
Inspiring quotes about communication and relationship


- “Be silent, or say something better than silence” – Pythagoras
- “Be sincere; be brief; be seated” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.” – D. H. Lawrence
- “If you have nothing to say, say nothing.” – Mark Twain
- “Good words are worth much, and cost little.” – George Herbert
- “My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.” – Jada Pinkett Smith
- “Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice.” – Stanley Horowitz
- “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” – Mark Twain
- “The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.” – Sydney J. Harris
- “You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.” – Joel Osteen


- “A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.” – Nickey Gumbel
- “Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn’t listening.” – Emma Thompson
- “Ask most therapists, and they will tell you that good communication is at the heart of any successful relationship.” – Sophie Winters
- “But good healthy communication is impossible without openness, honesty, and vulnerability.” – Paul Kendall
- “Communicate unto the other person that which you would want him to communicate unto you if your positions were reversed.” – Aaron Goldman
- “Communication involves self-revelation on the part of one individual and listening on the part of another.”- Dr. Gary Chapman
- “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
- “Communication is your ticket to success if you pay attention and learn to do it effectively.” Theo Gold
- “Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” – Rollo May


- “Communication works for those who work at it.” – John Powell
- “Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating.” ― Charlie Kaufman
- “Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.” ― Marquis de Sade
- “Effective communication helps to keep the team working on the right projects with the right attitude.” – Alex Langer
- “Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.” Jim Rohn
- “Every act of communication is a miracle of translation.” Ken Liu
- “Families who have strong and healthy communication skills can weather significant challenges and remain intact. Those with limited effective communication skills are vulnerable to the challenges of life pulling them apart.” – Ellen Miley Perry
- “Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- “Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world… We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.” ― John Joseph Powel
- “I think for any relationship to be successful, there needs to be loving communication, appreciation, and understanding.” Miranda Kerr
- “If you can talk about it, why paint it?” – Francis Bacon


- “It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.” – Barack Obama
- “Make sure to communicate your idea quickly and keep it straight to the point.” – Paul Bailey
- “Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.” – Chinese Proverb
- “Open communication is the lifeblood that keeps a marriage in the spring and summer seasons- times of optimism and enjoyment.” – Gary Chapman
- “Say a little and say it well.” – Irish Proverb
- “Self-consciousness kills communication.” ― Rick Steves
- “Speech is our primary means of communication. If it’s important, we tell people about it.” Brian Knapp
- “Talking more than is necessary is a barrier to effective communication and effective listening.” – Clodagh Swanson
- “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” James Humes


- “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker
- “The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say — because they were too obvious.” ― André Gide
- “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw
- “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” ― Peggy O’Mara
- “There is only one rule for being a good talker – learn to listen.” Christopher Morley
- “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.” Anthony Robbins
- “To have good communication skills means you are able to make your point without a lot of fillers and stumbling.” Gregory Davidson
- “To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- “We are stronger when we listen, and smarter when we share.” Rania Al-Abdullah
- “We take communication for granted because we do it so frequently, but it’s actually a complex process.” – Joseph Sommerville
- “Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.” – Virginia Satir
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