Mindful Speech Quotes

The wise man thinks once before he speaks twice.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

I will begin to speak when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.

It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Before you speak, listen.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.

Let your thoughts be abundant, but let your mouth be under restraint.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

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.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.

Affirmation statements are going beyond the reality of the present into the creation of the future through the words you use in the now.

I've really learned to watch what I say.

Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.