Osmo Wiio on Human Relations

▪ If communication can fail, it will.
▪ If a message can be understood in different ways, it will be understood in just that way which does the most harm.
▪ There is always somebody who knows better than you what you meant by your message.
▪ The more communication there is, the more difficult it is for communication to succeed.

Osmo Wiio

Source: complexitystudies.org

Robert McCloskey on Communication

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

Robert McCloskey, writer and illustrator of Make Way For Ducklings


Source: thinkexist.com

Leo Buscaglia on Human Relations

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia

Source: brainyquote.com

Shel Silverstein on Possibilities

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

Shel Silverstein

Source: thinkexist.com

Epictetus on Appraisal

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Epictetus


Source: brainyquote.com

Renee Stewart on Living

Accept differences. Be kind. Count your blessings. Dream. Express thanks. Forgive. Give freely. Harm no one. Imagine more. Jettison anger. Keep confidences. Love truly. Master something. Nurture hope. Open your mind. Pack lightly. Quell rumors. Reciprocate. Seek wisdom. Touch hearts. Understand. Value truth. Win graciously. Xeriscape. Yearn for Peace. Zealously support a worthy cause.

Renee Stewart, Alphabet for Life

Source: signals.com

Leo Buscaglia on Expectations

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

Leo Buscaglia

Source: thinkexist.com

Epictetus on Human Relations

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Epictetus, Greek philosopher, lived about 1900 years ago

Source: thinkexist.com

Saint Thomas Aquinas on Faith

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Source: brainyquote.com

Auguste Rodin on Patience

Patience is also a form of action.

Auguste Rodin

Source: quotegarden.com

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Patience

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: quotegarden.com

Rose Macaulay on Housework

At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

Rose Macaulay, writer, lived in the late 19th into the mid-20th centuries


Source: worldofquotes.com

T-Shirt Wisdom

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

T-shirt wisdom


Source: quotegarden.com

A.A. Milne on True Friendship

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.

A.A.Milne
from Winnie the Pooh

Source: thinkexist.com

Antoine de Saint-Exupery on Respect

I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him, but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man, in his dignity, is a crime.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, writer

Source: How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
(c) 1936, 1964, 1981
Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, p.226