Saint Ignatius Quotes

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But rarely, and when occasion requires you to talk, talk, indeed, but about no ordinary topics. Do not talk about gladiators, or horseraces, or athletes, or things to eat or drink - topics that arise on all occasions; but above all, do not talk about people, either blaming, or praising, or comparing them.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

I always try to think before I talk.

I really don't have anything urgent to say, and I think you shouldn't write unless you have something urgent to say. Sometimes that troubles me, and sometimes I don't really care.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

I was a drama major also so it's cool to cuss for meaning, but for no apparent reason, no.

I don't say anything unintentionally.

I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's fun to write 'Gossip Girl.' I do tend to just talk about anything.

So much of life is just talk. At the end of the day, you're just serving the higher thing.

There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to.

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

Think today and speak tomorrow

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

It is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others

I realize that, in speaking to you this afternoon, there are certain limitations placed upon the right of free speech. I must be exceedingly careful, prudent, as to what I say, and even more careful and prudent as to how I say it. I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think.

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.

Always say less than you think you need. Inject some space into the conversation.

I realised quite early that by the time I articulate my thoughts into words, I'm on to another thought. And what comes out wasn't what I thought of exactly. So not talking was a better option.

I just love any kind of language that can change the energy in a room. There are no limits for me, as long as it feels like it's being used in a particular way to garner or elicit a very particular reaction so that you can then use that reaction later for something else.

When I speak, the things that I'll say will mean something. And if it's not going to mean anything, I won't say it.