Communication Skills Quotes

Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction.

~ Susan C. Young

Embrace change and practice flexibility. It will make you more agile in adapting to new people and situations.

~ Susan C. Young

Dress confidently in clothes that make you feel great about yourself. When you look better you feel better.

~ Susan C. Young

If you want to appear more confident—speak slowly, articulately, clearly, and deliberately. Communicating with clarity will not only help you build more confidence in yourself, but it will inspire respect from others.

~ Susan C. Young

Use your body language and posture to project confidence. Shift your physiology into a more powerful pose or position and your mindset will follow.

~ Susan C. Young

Think and act positively by focusing on the positives in yourself, other people, and situations.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people take the initiative to move forward in the direction of their dreams.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people don’t make their self-esteem, self-image, happiness, or self-confidence dependent on another person’s approval, validation, or acceptance.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people are proud of their accomplishments, but can remain humble without bragging.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people face their fears head-on and are willing to take risks.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people Know that obstacles are only temporary setbacks.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people tend to be optimistic thinkers and focus on the positives.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people are mindful about spending their time, energy, and interests on things that truly matter.

~ Susan C. Young

Charisma and charm are endearing qualities which go hand in hand to make others feel “lighter, happier, and a little in love” when they are around you.

~ Susan C. Young

People with the gift of charm exude a delightful demeanor—an attractive likability that enwraps you in their warmth.

~ Susan C. Young

When they are authentically engaged, their positive impressions create memorable moments and leave a lasting impact. Physical beauty becomes irrelevant because their exuberance and engagement bring out the beauty in you.

~ Susan C. Young

People who exude genuine charm & charisma seem to possess a heightened sensitivity to the feelings of others—delivering gentle manners, gracious compliments, and sincere interest.

~ Susan C. Young

They emanate an essence of caring, love, and compassion towards the people they know, and generously extend their aura to the new people they encounter.

~ Susan C. Young

Their engaging manner is grounded in consideration as they seek to get along well with others. People who exhibit charisma and charm are also said to be alluring, bewitching, captivating, magnetic, fascinating, enchanting, and seductive.

~ Susan C. Young

Charisma (presence, poise, magnetism) and charm (enchantment, attraction, fascination) are behaviors which can be learned and practiced.

~ Susan C. Young

There are differing opinions as to whether charisma and charm are innate qualities which we are born with or learned personality styles. I believe it is a combination of both. Young children demonstrate a propensity for this enthusiasm. However, smart adults realize that they can get further in life when they develop these special traits.

~ Susan C. Young

These people do exist and are a pleasure to know. Their keen communication skills are attentive to what you want, what you are thinking, saying, or not saying. They want to hear how you are and what you’ve been up to.

~ Susan C. Young

The key is to keep charisma and charm positive and underpinned with sincere and good intentions.

~ Susan C. Young

While it may seem to be a mysterious, ineffable quality—charisma is enhanced and enriched by a person’s attitude and confidence, their aims and optimism, expressive body language, and natural effervescence.

~ Susan C. Young

Your charisma and charm can make your moments more memorable for amazing first impressions.

~ Susan C. Young

What do confidence and command look like when you see them? Moving one step past a healthy self-esteem, they project an air of authority, respect, and deliberate intention.

~ Susan C. Young

Confidence is silent, cool, self-assurance.

~ Susan C. Young

Developing a commanding presence is essential for leadership and a powerful impact.

~ Susan C. Young

There can be a fine line between being confident and cocky.

~ Susan C. Young

True confidence is not something that can always be determined by a first impression. It may take a few interactions to detect whether a person is full of false bravado or if they are the real McCoy.

~ Susan C. Young

Their confidence gives those they lead the assurance that their words and their actions are reliable.

~ Susan C. Young

We tend to listen to the people who believe in their own words as opposed to those who don’t. When we feel their conviction, they earn our buy-in.

~ Susan C. Young

Even something as simple as ending a sentence with the tone of a question mark rather than a period can diminish a person’s authority and credibility.

~ Susan C. Young

In our natural world, it is the strongest of the species that claim their space, seek out new territories, explore their surroundings, and learn how to survive and thrive. It is those same qualities that enable us to apply confidence and command to transcend the mediocre and achieve outstanding results.

~ Susan C. Young

When you feel low self-confidence, it is usually the result of the negative thoughts your inner critic whispers in the darkness of your mind.

~ Susan C. Young

When your inner critic undermines your confidence, inner conflict, anxiety, and agitation take over. It tells you that you are not good enough, smart enough, handsome enough, worthy enough, or basically just plain NOT enough. It takes a toll on your self-confidence, doesn’t it?

~ Susan C. Young

If your self-talk leans toward the negative, the continual bashing will become debilitating

~ Susan C. Young

Notice when negativity spins in your head and disrupt it immediately before it has a chance to take hold and stick.

~ Susan C. Young

Even the smartest and most successful of people will experience lower self-confidence occasionally, but the difference is that they deliberately shift out of it and refuse to stay there.

~ Susan C. Young

Self-confident people Inspire confidence in others, they would much rather build people up than tear them down.

~ Susan C. Young