(1519 quotes found)
“Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.”
William Shakespeare
“Let mortals beware of wordsFor with words we lieCan speak peaceWhen we mean warBut song is trueLet music for peaceBe the paradigmFor peace means changeAt the right time”
W. H. Auden
“It's quite simple, (public speaking) Say what you have to say and when you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending, sit down”
Winston Churchill
“Before I speak, I have something important to say.”
Groucho Marx
“Before you speak, think -Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it kind? Will it hurt anyone? Will it improve on the silence?”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience”
Alexander Gregg
“Do you not know that I am a woman? When I think, I must speak”
“What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“MenCan counsel and speak comfort to that griefWhich they themselves not feel.”
“Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest”