The Most Effective Communication Quotes to Boost Your Team’s Productivity

Published June 7, 2023

Effective communication is the cornerstone of a productive team, which is why we have compiled a list of empowering communication quotes to inspire and motivate your team members. These quotes will encourage better collaboration, enhance understanding, and boost your team’s productivity.

50+ Communication Quotes to Motivate Your Team

1. “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said” – Peter Drucker

2. “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw

3. “The art of communication is the language of leadership” – James Humes

4. “Communication is the fuel that keeps the fire of your relationship burning; without it, your relationship goes cold.” – William Paisley

5. “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen” – Ernest Hemmingway

6. “Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know” – Jim Rohn

7. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself” – Henry Ford

8. “Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.” – Leslie C. “Les” Brown

9. “Communicate unto the other person that which you would want him to communicate unto you if your positions were reversed.” – Aaron Goldman

10. “Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication.” – Mike Krzyzewski

11. “Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they’ll care. Once they care, there’s no stopping them.” – Sam Walton

12. “Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess.” – Richard Branson

13. “The greatest gift you can give your team: clarity, communication, and pulling people together around a shared mission.” – Anne Sweeny

14. “In teamwork, silence isn’t golden, it’s deadly.” – Mark Sanborn

15. “Communication works for those who work at it.” – John Powell

16. “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

17. “Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.” – Paul J. Meyer

18. “Speech is our primary means of communication. If it’s important, we tell people about it.” – Brian Knapp

19. 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

20. “Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers, or your clients and customers.” – Les Brown

21. “The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” – Stephen R. Covey

22. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill

23. “The art of communication isn’t what you say. It’s about what you hear.” – Erwin McManus

24. “A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.” – Nickey Gumbel

25. “If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.” – Jim Rohn

26. “Communication is your ticket to success if you pay attention and learn to do it effectively.” – Theo Gold

27. “All communication must lead to change.” – Aristotle

28. “The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel, and misrepresentation.” – C. Northcote Parkinson

29. “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs

30. “The better we are at communicating, the better our lives will be.” – Yama Mubtaker

31. “Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader’s success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.”  –  Anonymous

32. “Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” – William Butler Yeats

33. “How well we communicate is not determined by how well we say things but how well we are understood.” – Andrew Grove

34. “There is only one rule for being a good talker – learn to listen.” – Christopher Morley

35. “It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.” – Democritus

36. “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” – Lee Iacocca

37. “We are stronger when we listen, and smarter when we share. “ – Rania Al-Abdullah 

38. “Of all the life skills available to us, communication is perhaps the most empowering.” – Bret Morrison

39. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” – Blaise Pascal

40. “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.” – Tony Robbins

41. “Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.” – Robert Frost

42. “Alone, we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

43. “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. The art of reading between the lines is a lifelong quest of the wise.” – Shannon L. Alder

44. “Communication is the real work of leadership.” – Nitin Nohria

45. “When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.” – Stephen R. Covey

46. “As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people’s ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler

47. “Emotional awareness is necessary so you can properly convey your thoughts and feelings to the other person.” – Jason Goldberg

48. “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

49. “Effective communication helps to keep the team working on the right projects with the right attitude.” – Alex Langer

50. “There is no communication that is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.” – Luigina Sgarro

51. “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

52. “Verbal communication is essential in order to understand what is going on inside other people. If they do not tell us their thoughts, their feelings, and their experiences, we are left to guess.” – Dr. Gary Chapman

53. “We, as human beings, learn through sharing and communicating.” – Hugo Reynolds