Communication is one of the most important factors in a healthy relationship. It’s what helps us create connections and what keeps a healthy relationship going. So, it’s important to learn to communicate well!
Here are some of our favorite scriptures and quotes to help encourage you as you work to improve your communication skills. Save them to use as your wallpaper, post them to your story, or send them to a friend!
1. Elder Marvin Jeremy Ashton
“Communication is more than a sharing of words. It is the wise sharing of emotions, feelings, and concerns. It is the sharing of oneself totally.”
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2. Elder Neal A. Maxwell
“Usually, when we do not know somebody, it is difficult for us to trust them, and this becomes a restraint upon communication and growth. Opening the windows of the soul helps us to build healthy relationships. But if those windows are always closed or the blinds are drawn, it is difficult to help; one simply does not know what is needed.”
All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience
3. Elder L. Lionel Kendrick
“Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.”
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4. Proverbs 15:1-2
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.”
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5. Matthew 12:34
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”
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6. Ephesians 4:29
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
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7. Elder Neal A Maxwell
“One of the biggest blocks to… communication is that we are so afraid of being misunderstood. So, when in doubt, we withhold. Yet Paul said to speak the truth in love; we can then take the chance.”
All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience
8. Colossians 4:6
“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
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9. Elder L. Lionel Kendrick
“Christlike communications will help us to develop righteous relationships and ultimately to return to our heavenly home safely.”
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What other quotes do you like about communication? What lessons have you learned that have helped you improve your communication skills? Share with us in the comments!
Improve your communication by sending a Note! They’re 3x more likely to result in a good conversation. During conference weekend, we’re DOUBLING the amount of Notes you get, so take a chance and put those good communication skills to work!
Kaleigh Adamson
Kaleigh is a Marketing Coordinator for Mutual. She has worked with couples, relationships, dating, and love in a creative role for over a decade. She's a hopeless romantic who loves that her career allows her to help people find their soulmates. She downloaded Mutual when it first launched in 2016, coincidentally the same year she met her husband! They now live happily ever after in the Midwest with their two kids and dog.
