Quotes about Silence

We must admit that God owes us nothing. Before we charge God with not caring, we must thank Him for those times when His care is very evident. We are ever surrounded by undeserved blessings. Even in His silence, He blesses us.

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

And while from inside we would hear coughs and stirrings, there was never a rustle in the listeners out the door.

We had had many Jewish children over a night or several nights at the Beje and even the youngest had developed the uncanny silence of small hunted things.

Not appreciating the noise until she was surrounded by silence.

Listen, the road seems to admonish. Listen. I have stories. I close my eyes, and I hear voices. Thousands whispering all at once. I can't make out any single one, but I know they're here. What do they have to say?

Usually, the foreman found some reason to hold back some of Rusty's check, because Rusty'd showed up a few minutes late, or broke some tool, or something. He knew Rusty couldn't say anything about it, any more than all the illegals who worked down there could. Some folks just have to keep their heads down and take it, even if it's not fair, because they don't have anywhere else to go.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.

The loss of speech wasn't punishment; it was the proof Zechariah had asked for, the assurance of God's power.

We followed the Three Steps to Hearing God that I had first learned from Joy Dawson in New Zealand. First, we took Christ's authority to silence the enemy. Second, we asked the Lord to clear from our minds any presumptions and preconceived ideas. Third, we waited…believing He would speak in the way and in the time that He chose.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.