Think Before You Speak Quotes

“Take Care Of Your Tongue Like The Way You Take Care Of Gold & Silver.”
― Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S

“You are master of what you say until you utter it, once you deliver it, you are its captive. Preserve your tongue as you do your gold and money. One word could bring disgrace and the termination of a bliss.”
― Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S

“A fool is made more of a fool, when their mouth is more open than their mind.”
― Anthony Liccione

“I wished that well-meaning white liberals would think before they said things that they thought were perfectly innocent.”
― Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

“Life isn't about just talking, it's about thinking too.”
― Marie Symeou

“I choose to choose few words each day. Yes! few words that count. Few words that can make impact. Few words that talk much. Few words that can make people ponder to wonder. Few words that are indelible. Few words that can leave distinctive footprints on minds. Though we may fail to mind our words, we shall never fail to mind the works of our words.”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“why talk and say the unsaid words in haste when silence can speak the unspoken words?”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“There is a difference between speaking the truth in love and judging someone hypocritically...make sure you know the difference before you speak!”
― Pauline Seaport

“We fail to say the right words, because we choose to say the wrong words! We choose to say the wrong words, because we fail to think about the right words!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“You are responsible for everything you TWEET and RETWEET.”
― Germany Kent

“…they speak great swelling words of emptiness…”
― 2 Peter 2 18

“When a comedy of Plautus is being played, and the household slaves are cracking trivial jokes together, ou propose to come on stage in the garb of a philosopher, and repeat Seneca's speech to Nero from the Octavia. Wouldn't it be better to take a silent role than to say something wholly inappropriate, and thus turn the play into a tragi-comedy? You pervert a play and ruin it when you add irrelevant speeches, even if they are better than the play itself. So go through with the drama in hand as best you can, and don't spoil it all just because you happen to think of another that would be better.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“The real power of silence is to keep silent. The real power of silence is in the works of silence!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Keep quiet and ponder! Speak and say something!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Watch out for the chameleons! Mind your mind! Watch your words! Sometimes, some people will appear very friendly to have awesome conversations with you, and that is not as if they like you or your conversation; they only want to weigh your thoughts through your words! Be watchful!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Mind your strength! Let people know that you are strong and let them see how strong you are, and who or what makes you strong, but in doing so, be careful showing people the true source of your strength for not all people deserve to know that! You may never know what is behind the mind! Sometimes in life, the day you show people how wise you are, the very day you show them how unwise you are! Get understanding and walk in wisdom!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Thinking doesn't hurt. Words DO.

Words have power to heal. Words have power to kill.”
― Anna Maledon

“He was a captain in the air force, and now he is CEO of a security company. I didn't have time to find out more about him, but I'm sure he can tell you anything you need to know."
A wave of nausea crashed through Zara's gut when she recalled their conversation in the bar. I'll bet he's one of those wannabe military types who spends his weekends playing paintball with his geek friends, pretending he's the real deal. What had she been thinking? But that was the problem. She was always living in the moment, not thinking at all.
"Thank you for your service," she mumbled, her cheeks burning. She could only hope he'd been as drunk as she'd been and didn't remember the slight.
"Pleasure." The deep rumble of his voice made her toes curl. "I'm the real deal, after all.”
― Sara Desai, The Singles Table

“Child,” said the Sand-fairy sleepily, “I can only advise you to think before you speak” –
“But I thought that you never give advice.”
“That piece doesn’t count,” it said. “You’ll never take it! Besides, it’s not original. It’s in all the copy-books.”
― E. Nesbit, Five Children and It

“A person with a short neck shot word without measure them out, and a person with a long neck weigh their words before they shout word out!”
― Beta Metani'Marashi

“Laugh. Think. Smile. Repeat.”
― Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One