Healthy Communication Quotes & Sayings

No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them. — Charles Lyell

When Communication with others is from love to love ... it is deeply satisfying and healthy. — Gerald Jampolsky

The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. And as long as we, not our mother, initiate parting, and as long as our mother remains reliably there, it seems possible to risk, and even to revel in, standing alone. — Judith Viorst

I think the greatest gifts we can give each other in a relationship are the gifts of kindness and communication. — Jane Green

A good communication is the best medicine for a healthy association — Unknown

I never start with a political point of view. I believe that your politics are emotionally and psychologically determined by your early experiences. — Bruce Springsteen

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance. — Jim Valvano

Any Dom who doesn't promote open communication is not developing a healthy relationship. — Red Phoenix

Balance your body for better results. A balanced body improves electrical communication to muscles and gets you stronger, faster. — Josh Bezoni

We know we're expecting a great deal of courage by suggesting that you start exploring polyamory without relying on rules to feel safe. It does seem that the secret to healthy, dynamic relationships keeps coming back to courage. Forget training wheels. Forget trying to figure the right rules that will keep you safe forever ; there is no safe forever. Instead, go into the world seeking to threat others with compassion whenever you touch them. Try to leave people better than when you found them. Communicate your needs. Understand and advocate for you boundaries. And look for other people who will do the same. Trust them when they say they love you; where communication and compassion exist, you don't need rules to keep you safe. We don't learn how to be compassionate by disenfranchising other people; we learn how to be compassionate by practicing compassion. — Franklin Veaux

There are four-letter words you should never use in business. They're not fuck or shit. They're need, must, can't, easy, just, only and fast. These words gets in the way of healthy communication — Jason Fried

Because she left him a MySpace message that was semi-flirty, and then today he was very vague about what he was doing. So I headed over to his house and waited outside until he left. And now he's at McDonald's, and I'm following him to see where else he's going. MySpace is seriously going to be responsible for everyone losing their minds. — Lauren Barnholdt

Marriages don't end simply because a lack of trust exists. Marriages more specifically end because foundational agreements were broken, disrespectful behavior occurred, healthy and honest communication is lacking, or not "being seen or accepted" has ensued for too long. — Elaina Marie

In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life. — Jane Velez-Mitchell

Emotionally, I stay healthy by being grounded in the word of God, being open and honest, never being afraid to speak my mind in love, and having good communication with those around me. — Candace Cameron

Suddenly, one prisoner, as the guards rained blows on his back, raised his arms and face to the sky and shouted, "Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do!" There was not a trace of pain, not a tremble in his voice; it was as though it were not his back the machete was lashing, over and over again, shredding his skin. The brilliant eyes of the "Brother of the Faith" seemed to burn; his arms open to the sky seemed to draw down pardon for his executioners. He was at that instant an incredible, supernatural, marvelous man. — Armando Valladares

There are no such things in life as compromises without resentment, only delayed reactions. — Krishna Udayasankar

That a healthy BDSM or kink relationship involves building a deep trust in each other, open and honest communication, using safewords, negotiating and sharing your hard and soft limits, and always involves activities mutually consented upon between adults. — Kallypso Masters

Healthy communication and an unconditional environment can prove the greatest asset to defeating at-risk behaviors. — Asa Don Brown

Success in an enterprise can be brought about, through effective leadership, which educes open communication, which in turn would contribute towards bringing down conflict levels, thus leading to higher productivity and distinguished gains, which in turn testifies about the healthy corporate culture of an organization. — Henrietta Newton Martin

Let's call this then, only half facetiously, a new patristic, in which the intellectual is charged with the task not only to denounce error and unmask illusions, and not only to incarnate the mechanisms of new practices of knowledge, but also, together with others in a process of co-research, to produce a new truth.
Commonwealth, 118 — Michael Hardt

A key to healthy problem solving is good communication. — Asa Don Brown

Unhealthy relationships are most commonly lacking in the most essential of ingredient: healthy communication. — Asa Don Brown

If my kid came to me and said 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.' — Kirk Cameron

It's a community event. Community events create strong communities, and a strong community is a healthy community. A healthy community is a happy community. — Sandy Smith

In a healthy relationship, you're allowed to get pissed and in my face. Fuck, I need you to do that so I know what buttons not to push, where I can't go and avoid those places. And I'll do the same for you. Its part of learning how to take care of each other. Its fightin but its a form of communication and it's also a form of trust. We have words, we come to terms, we learn about each other and we move on stronger. — Kristen Ashley

Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi. — Dorothy Parker

Nothing else seems out of the ordinary for a horrible haunted forest being inhabited by a child eating witch. — Seanan McGuire

The key to healthy communication is having a willingness to lay aside our defensive tendencies and accept responsibility for our part of the relationship — Asa Don Brown

Are you repeating someone else's narrative, taking it for granted? Talk therapy sessions and 12-step recovery shares help develop the ability to present a coherent life narrative through the safe structure of clear rules of communication that support healthy self-expression and self-awareness. — Alexandra Katehakis

Las Vegas doesn't allow ( tourism ) to dictate the social norms of their community. We don't have to be a boring town that no one is willing to come to. ( But, ) we can't let tourism be the reason for not taking action. Accountability is not there. As a community we can be different. We don't have to be what our visitors are. We can work at policies that will make us a vibrant healthy resort community. — Eric Thomas

She fished in a pocket of her dress and tossed a labelled key to Griff. Think of it as a treasure hunt, with that our only clue. The reward for success is not having a vampire for an aunt. — Andrea K. Host

The only healthy communication style is assertive communication. — Jim Rohn

Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band. — Phil Anselmo

Sex and Intimacy Intimacy is the fiber that binds us to the people we love, and is built on time, investment, and honest communication. In a healthy long-term relationship, intimacy increases with time and many men and women are fortunate to have a lover who is also their best friend. Sex and romance are crucial for long-term intimacy. The stronger the sexual connection, the stronger the emotional intimacy will be. It is important to nurture and feed your relationship both emotionally and sexually. — Laura Berman

I was the badass Consort and he was the grim Pack's executioner. Hugging him in the hallways would be entirely inappropriate. — Ilona Andrews