319 Quotes About Speaking

Speaking is instant. Writing is a process.

If more people spoke up, perhaps things might change.

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

It's not what you did, but what you didn't do that spoke to me above the wind

Acting out rather than speaking out became a pattern.

Then I wondered, what if?What if he kissed me? What if he told me I was beautiful? What if he told me he loved me?What would I say in return?

The world is shaped by two things — stories told and the memories they leave behind.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

I tend to avoid people who always have something to say … and those who expect me to always have something to say.