Napoleon Hill Quotes

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

When in doubt, don't.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

He lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of a man, his own tongue.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.

I know things but I shut my mouth.

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. Remember, it is much better to say little than to say too much and regret it later.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

A wise woman keeps her hands firmly in her pockets and does not accidentally unzip anything, including her mouth.

Tis better to sit there and look the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)

It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.

Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.