Quotes about Speech
Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence.
- Eugene Peterson
Prayer is speech at its most alive. The breath that is breathed into us by God we breathe back to God.
- Eugene Peterson
The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.
- Eugene Peterson
Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit-you choose.
- Eugene Peterson
You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.
- Eugene Peterson
Words have power. Words created this universe... Everything started with the Word. The Bible says, 'In the beginning was the word.' In the same way, your words have creative power.
- Bo Sanchez
If you watch what you think about, you won't have to watch what you talk about.
- Bill Johnson
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.
- Charles Spurgeon
O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
- John Knox
I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.
- Lysa TerKeurst
Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.
- Lysa TerKeurst
[Martin Luther King, Jr.] gave the 'I have a dream' speech, not the 'I have a plan' speech.
- Simon Sinek