Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Quotes on Speaking

Thought, after all my writing, let me put up some proverbs of wise people spoken over the ages on the topic of "Speaking". Hope you enjoy the various perspectives offered.

What is said is more important than who said it ……Anonymous

Speak softly and sweetly. If your words are soft and sweet, they won’t be as hard to swallow if you have to eat them. ………Anonymous

Why is it that those who have something to say can’t say it, while those who have nothing to say keep saying it? ……..Anonymous

To speak well supposes a habit of attention which shows itself in the thought; by language we learn to think and above all to develop thought. ......Carl Victor De Bonstetten

Speech is the gift of all, but thought of few. …..Cato

If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called upon to repeat it. ……Calvin Coolidge

A man who cannot speak but he judges and reveals himself. With his will, or against his will, he draws his portrait to the eye of others by every word. Every opinion reacts on him who utters it ……Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you say what you think, don’t expect to hear only what you like ….. Malcolm Forbes

Speech is a picture of the mind .….John Ray

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is ..…. Publilius Syrus

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say …..Richard Whately

Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it …… James Russell Lowell

If nobody spoke unless he head somethin to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech........Somerset Maugham

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