319 Quotes About Speaking

An advice is truly valuable when people not just give it their ears but also their obedience.

Lycurgus, who ordered that a great piece of money should be but of an inconsiderable value, on the contrary would allow no discourse to be current which did not contain in few words a great deal of useful and curious sense.

Words feel like an insult to truth (then again, even on life’s bright days I feel as though I’m throwing meaning into darkness when I speak).

If you think before you speak you will speak well, if you think twice you will speak very well.

If you can't keep your mouth shy and silent then keep your words soft and sweet.

Debating is an ability of making a point without abusing an opponent.

speech is such an ephemeral thing - it's gone in a puff of warm air, which is all it is in a material sense

Prince's words had not been meant as a warning. Rather, he had been playing. He had been pretending. He had been speaking for speaking's sake. Could there be a more despicable use for words?

So many people understand language, but few people understand the real meaning of language. They that understand the meaning of language understand language and life better!