Speaking Quotes

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

~ Andrew Solomon

Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.

~ Roy T. Bennett

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

~ Jean Kerr

Yawns are not the only infectious things out there besides germs.Giggles can spread from person to person.So can blushing.But maybe the most powerful infectious thing is the act of speaking the truth.

~ Vera Nazarian

Those who don't value their words, will never value your wishes.

~ Amit Kalantri

Luz's manner of speaking made it clear that she had no idea what she might say next. It wasn't that she made things up, strictly speaking--only that facts were merely a point of departure for her.

~ Daniel Alarcón

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

~ Fran Lebowitz

Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.

~ Roopleen

Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.

~ Roy Bennett

My heart is burning a hole in my chest and every time you speak to me, it keeps sinking, and I'm left with nothing but ashes. I wish she were talking to me, because the more she speaks to me, the more my heart flutters like a rising phoenix.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz

~ Karen Quan

What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say.

~ T.f. Hodge

I twist and pin my hair at the nape of my neck, and then stand with legs wide. It’s what Nash told me to do before speaking because men, no matter how many times they profess women are equal, prefer to take direction from bodies like theirs.

~ Caroline George

If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.

~ Amit Kalantri

We call talking about other people’s personal lives ‘gossip’ only if we aren’t or weren’t part of the conversation.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You can not control the thought, but you can control the tongue.

~ Amit Kalantri

If you say something as if it were, that isn't, is it considered a lie, or speaking it into existence?

~ N'zuri Za Austin

We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence and start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors.

~ Suzy Kassem

At the time we were all convinced that we had to speak, write,and publish as quickly as possible and as much as possible and that this was necessary for the good of mankind. Thousands of us published and wrote in an effort to teach others, all the while disclaiming and abusing one another. Without taking note of the fact that we knew nothing, that we did not know the answer to the simplest question of life, the question of what is right and what is wrong, we all went on talking without listening to one another.

~ Leo Tolstoy

The written word has its limits and its challenges, for the primal sound in the whole world is that made by the human voice, and the likeness of this human voice must be rendered in dots and strokes...Yet I never forget that the voice, too, is important...Don't mumble or hesitate. Speak...in a loud voice, clearly, and without fear.

~ Jonathan D. Spence

It's easy to waste too many words—and too much energy—on nonsense we don't even care about. What a relief it is to start giving time and energy to what matters most (whatever that is for you). We choose what gets our attention. Why not choose things that are worthy of it?When he chose only to speak about things he absolutely believed, knew to be true, or really cared about, he was delighted by how much less talking he needed to do.

~ Scott Stabile

The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional to your Efforts.

~ Vineet Raj Kapoor

An excerpt from:“Hypothetically Speaking”ByAnthony T. Hincks(A book about you and the world – coming soon!)If I was a savvy person, I would watch, and study mankind in order to find out where his weaknesses lay.Greed, for sure; vanity; mistrust; a tendency towards violence; fanaticism, and many other less than honorable traits and even some honorable ones which could also be used, and capitalized on.Then, once I had found his weaknesses I would act.I and some friends or family, not terms that I would usually use but ones that are more commonly used here on Earth, would start an empire.Months – Years - Millennium Who cares, for time is on my side, not yours!I would sow mistrust; magic; wisdom; knowledge, and start many religions.Why many religions?Because where would the fun be by just having one, when with a whole handful you can sow hatred; do unspeakable acts all in the name of religion. That’s a lot more fun, and, besides which, it suits my purposes.Innovation – Invention – Intelligence All of those things would come, but only at a time of my choosing.Decades would pass and then centuries. Wars would be fought. He against him. He against her. She against him. They against others.I tell you, watching something come to fruition is a hell of a lot of fun.

~ Anthony T. Hincks

The more you know, the less you talk. The less you talk, the more you know.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.

~ Germany Kent

Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Some people say they have 20 years experience, when in reality, they have 1 year's experience repeated 20 times. (Stephen M R Covey to Richie Norton when Norton asked if he was too young to train older executives for Covey.)

~ Richie Norton

Speak to me: I will spend my lifetime trying to understand you.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Sometimes words I think are small come out big.

~ Corey Ann Haydu

The world is shaped by two things — stories told and the memories they leave behind.

~ Vera Nazarian

When a person pauses in mid-sentence to choose a word, that's the best time to jump in and change the subject! It's like an interception in football! You grab the others guy's idea and run the opposite way with it! The more sentences you complete, the higher your score! The idea is to block the other guy's thoughts and express your own! That's how you win!Conversations aren't contests!Ok, a point for you, but I'm still ahead.

~ Bill Watterson

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

~ Nicholas Sparks

Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out.

~ Dashanne Stokes

Then I wondered, what if?What if he kissed me? What if he told me I was beautiful? What if he told me he loved me?What would I say in return?

~ Markelle Grabo

When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.

~ Richie Norton

Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.Their language has been lost.But not the gestures.

~ Vera Nazarian

God writes love and speaks poetry.

~ Criss Jami

Silence is the invisibility of talking. I'd take half an argument over half a silence any day. And I'd take peace and quiet over a full-blown argument any other day, unless it's Tuesday.

~ Will Advise

It's good to see the snakes revealing themselves. They weren't actually hidden at all. People hide behind the masks, but eventually you see them for who they truly are.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Believe God for something today. Prayer is the key to connecting with God and allowing Him to speak to your spirit. Open your heart and free your mind.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Words have power, and when you speak you give them life. Speak into the atmosphere. Speak into existence what you believe, desire, dream, and hope.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana