Alison McGhee Quotes

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

Silence is a source of great strength.

I have not yet learned to keep still.

A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

As important as having strength is knowing how to use it.

A silent man is not a conquered man.

Silence is my dignity.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words.

Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of power, and forbearance implies strength. The orator who is known to have at his command all the weapons of invective is most formidable when most courteous.

Silence is often the best thing to say.

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real power of a wolf is having that strength, and knowing when not to use it.

Silence was never a wrong answer.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

To many mortals silence great gain brings.

I think "quiet" sometime is a greater power than noise. It can harbor and reveal feelings that can't be expressed.

Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.

You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual now-a-days to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot

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

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.