Quotes about Speech

If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.

but his mouth was that of the just, which bringeth forth wisdom, and whose lips dispense knowledge.

People in oppressive political situations are so afraid to give voice to their convictions that they lose confidence in the very category of truth and in the power of speech to bring clarity and liberation.

What an important lesson for all of us! The words that come out of our mouths are a direct indicator of what is in our hearts. Idle

A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, and from the produce of his lips he shall be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the LORD. Allow

Oh, yes, you can sin with your tongue! David knew this and took special steps to keep himself from that kind of sin. He knew how serious God is about the damage and destruction the tongue can do. He obviously passed this knowledge along to his son, Solomon, because in Proverbs 6, Solomon wrote: These six

Mrs. Spencer said that my tongue must be hung in the middle. But it isn't — it's firmly fastened at one end.

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.

Fourscore and seven years ago...

If we have learned to be silent before the Word, we will also learn to manage our silence and our speech during the day.