A Quote by Gerald R. Ford

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

Gerald R. Ford

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Ability Ability To Communicate Communicate Effectively Important Life Life Is More Nothing Than

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Gerald R. Ford
American - President
July 14, 1913 - December 26, 2006

If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on learning to write and to speak before an audience . Nothing is more important than the abillity to communicate effectively.

Gerald R. Ford

Relationships with the media are really important. The media has a more important voice today than it has ever had. We don't advertise. We only have one marketing vehicle, which is editorial, and our ability to get our message out and communicate it effectively.

Marc Benioff

I believe that nothing is more important to our ability to effectively address our present than understanding the lessons learned from those who have come before us.

Charlie Gonzalez

A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar.

John C. Maxwell

Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.

Ann Veneman

There's nothing, absolutely nothing, more important than your life. And your life isn't more important than other people's lives.

Yasmina Khadra

The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.

Jeff Weiner

The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company . . . a church . . . a home.

Charles R. Swindoll

The ordinary man is living a very abnormal life, because his values are upside down. Money is more important than meditation; logic is more important than love; mind is more important than heart; power over others is more important than power over one's own being. Mundane things are more important than finding some treasures which death cannot destroy.

Rajneesh

Ultimately, nothing should be more important to investors than the ability to sleep soundly at night.

Seth Klarman

The media is tremendously important for all governments that are able to communicate through the it. It doesn't mean there is a balance of editorial opinion that favors what you are doing or that the opposition doesn't have its voice, but you have to be able to effectively communicate your story through the media.

Stephen Harper

. . .nothing is more important than freedom. Nothing is more sacred than freedom. Nothing is greater than freedom. Nothing. . .can be permitted to stand in the way of freedom. Freedom. . .is all that makes men great. It is all men have to live for. Without freedom, what good is life?

Allen Drury

Well, if storytelling is important, then your narrative ability, or your ability to put into words or use what someone else has put into words effectively, is important too.

Howard Gardner

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

Nancy Duarte

I've been an educator all my life pretty much. It's important as a manager and also as a record label, to educate your artists on public speaking, how to build that connection, how to communicate effectively, to have a general working knowledge of the music industry.