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You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#captain #driving #find #foremost #heart

I am now in Gibraltar. It is a large place and there does not seem to be room in this letter, in which to express my feelings about Moors in bare legs and six thousand Red-coats and to hear Englishmen speak again. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#again #am #bare #does #englishmen

All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army. ↗

— Richard Harding Davis

#between #canyon #cliffs #could #hear

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#heard #read #speak #understood #write

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective. ↗

— Stephen R. Covey

#trust #change

Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#power-of-words #communication

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. ↗

— Abraham Harold Maslow

#self-help #communication

Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#conversation #diplomacy #communication

Self-consciousness kills communication. ↗

— Rick Steves

#communication #confidence #self-consciousness #speech #travel

Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#communication #connecting #connection #hands #holding-hands