George Washington

Let your discourse with men of business be short and comprehensive.

Topic: Communication
Location: Oceanside, Oregon
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. — George Washington

When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it. — George Washington

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Undertake not what you cannot perform; but be careful to keep your promise. — George Washington

Integrity

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. — George Washington

Decision Freedom Liberty

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country.

› George Washington

Education Freedom Knowledge Liberty Society

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Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly. — George Washington

Communication

Detract not from others, but neither be excessive in commending. — George Washington

Communication

Example

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I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. — Abraham Lincoln

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Success has ruined many a man. — Benjamin Franklin

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Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is key to any hope of progress in negotiation. — Dwight Eisenhower

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We lost because we told ourselves we lost. — Leo Tolstoy

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That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments. — Samuel Johnson

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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. — Henry Ford

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A smile costs nothing, but yields huge dividends. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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It's no good saying one thing and thinking another. — Catherine Cookson

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And torture one poor word ten thousand ways. — John Dryden

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The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. — John Ruskin

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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. — St. Jerome

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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

› Theodore Roosevelt

Communication Conflict Persuasion

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like. — Margaret Mead

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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. — Lee Iacocca

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When you are true listener, you will hear what is not said. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

› Martin Luther King Jr.

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The man who knows two languages is worth two men. — Italian Proverb

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Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

› Aristotle

Anger Communication