Quotes about Speech

Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.

We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.

It is better for some one to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.

The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude.

The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc.; but how few acknowledge these as God's special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.

Twas a special gift of God that speech was given to mankind; for through the Word, and not by force, wisdom governs.

Don't use your words to describe the situation. Use your words to change the situation.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.