Cherie Blair Quotes

Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.

I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.

You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.

There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

It illustrates vividly my incapacity of knowing when to be silent and when to speak.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish within yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

There is great strength in acting boldly but there is also great strength in not acting if the time is not right.

Stepping out of the spotlight when it's prudent to do so is a good thing.

I think sometimes I have been drawn into trying to be too aggressive too early. I have learnt that I can give myself time.

If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.

Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn't help it! As you get older, you're more guarded, but that's a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

The essence of intelligence was to know when, or if, to expose even the heart's deep need for instruction.