Speak Quotes - Page 29

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.

When we speak truth to power we are ignored at best and brutally suppressed at worst

Always speak the truth.

There is a tendency among some businesses to criticize and belittle their competitors. This is a bad procedure. Praise them. Learn from them. There are times when you can co-operate with them to their advantage and to yours! Speak well of them and they will speak well of you. You can't destroy good ideas. Take advantage of them.

All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon them. Even if you read little and say little but live the right way, forsaking craving, hatred and delusion, you will know the truth and find calmness and will show others the path.

...one can speak with the utmost clearness, and yet not be heard by anyone.

We speak little if not egged on by vanity.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

I never speak ill of dead people or live judges.

Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.

To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

I had the opportunity to speak at a recent fundraiser [for Hillary Clinton] and felt extremely honored that she would allow someone as, well, untraditional as me to stand at her podium.

For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.

A radical is one who speaks the truth.

He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.

Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids.

Calvin: Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.

When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil.

Think before you speak, and don't say everything you think.

I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar.

As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.

Speak not in high commendation of any man to his face, nor censure any man behind his back; but if thou knowest anything good of him, tell it unto others; if anything ill, tell it privately and prudently to himself.

My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.

So I find words I never thought to speak In streets I never thought I should revisit When I left my body on a distant shore.