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at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- John Maxwell
The right control of the tongue is the beginning of wisdom; the right control of the mind is the consummation of wisdom. By curbing his tongue a man gains possession of his mind, and to have complete possession of one's mind is to be a Master of Silence.
- James Allen
A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.
- John Owen
Tongue; well that's a wery good thing when it an't a woman's.
- Charles Dickens
There is no one member of the body breaks forth more in God's dishonour than the tongue.
- Thomas Watson
I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I translate into a new tongue.
- Walt Whitman
The pleasures of heaven are with me, and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself ... the latter I translate into a new tongue.
- Walt Whitman
They take their punishment so well, so cheerfully: I go out with an adder in my heart, and an asp in my tongue, and every night I sow thorns in the garden of my soul.
- Oscar Wilde
Violence of the tongue is very real- sharper than any knife.
- Mother Teresa
The mark of a spiritual man or woman is a listening heart, not a lecturing tongue.
- Gary Thomas
A captivated heart, a bridled tongue, a limited curiosity, and a slow reentry after prayer are necessary disciplines of simplicity.
- Gary Thomas
Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire.
- Gordon Hinckley