Speak Quotes - Page 28

Those who speak of blind obedience may appear to know many things, but they do not understand the doctrines of the gospel. There is an obedience that comes from a knowledge of the truth that transcends any external form of control. We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.

I can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well.

I think it's my responsibility, to speak up when something threatens our very future.

It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.

Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in.

Speak the language of the person you want to become.

Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing.

He who speaks, he who writes is above all one who speaks on behalf of all those who have no voice.

You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.

Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse.

Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.

With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.

Speak out. You've got to speak out against the madness

Don't make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.

I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.

It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.

There is no true word that is not at the same time a praxis. Thus, to speak a true word is to transform the world.

Nature is supposed to become greater to me than people. It ought to speak louder from me. I should feel small in the face of nature's enormity.

A line comes into being. It goes out for a walk, so to speak, aimlessly for the sake of the walk.

To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man's value, is pusillanimity and cowardice.

in the beginning William Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He couldn't even speak.

[On refusing to be silenced:] I do not pretend to be John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees. I do not claim to be Nathan upbraiding David. I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master.