Speak Quotes

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Speak low, if you speak love.

First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.

When the heart is full the tongue will speak.

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

We stand united; we speak as one team; and we will transform this moment into a catalyst for unity and positive change.

Nobody can really speak about prehistory without mentioning Cyprus. It was a filter. It took technology from the Middle East and redistributed it to the western world.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.

Security services have no other option of emptying the region. In the next 48 hours we may speak of conditions to increase political dialogue.

If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey',' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.