Think Before You Speak Quotes

• Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

  Amy Carmichael

  Three, Kind, Said

  Amy Carmichael (1997). “God's Missionary”, p.12, CLC Publications

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• Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Perseverance, Retirement

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Think before you speak, your words could hurt someone's feeling more than you intended it to.

  Justin Bieber

  Hurt, Thinking, Feelings

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

  Napoleon Hill

  Success, Teacher, Congratulations

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.122, Lulu.com

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• Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.

  Voltaire

  Should, Said, Being True

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• Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Cute, Sad

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• Think before you speak. Read before you think.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Book

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.222, Vintage

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• Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Silence

  "Small talk? It's not big and it's not clever" by Gary Nunn, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2015.

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• When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thinking, Two, People

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?

  Alan Redpath

  Love, Life, Family

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• Think before you speak, and don't say everything you think.

  Alexander Lebed

  Thinking, Speak

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• By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

  Winston Churchill

  Kindness, Inspiration, Generosity

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• The power to see change in your life can be found in the words you speak. You have the power to set the destiny for your life by what comes out of your mouth.

  Joel Osteen

  Destiny, Words You Speak, Mouths

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• YOUR WORD IS YOUR WAND. THE WORDS YOU SPEAK CREATE YOUR OWN DESTINY

  Florence Scovel Shinn

  Destiny, Creating, Words You Speak

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• A woman who is careful with her words is a gift to all who know her.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Smart Women, Careful, Knows

  Twitter post from Jul 21, 2016

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• Every time you speak right, you are training yourself to think right and act right.

  T. B. Joshua

  Thinking, Training, Speak

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• Our words have creative power. With our words, we can speak blessings over our future or we can speak negative things over our future.

  Joel Osteen

  Blessing, Creative, Negative

  Twitter post from Jan 18, 2012

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• You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

  John Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Honesty

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• You are meant to think before you speak. How many times is your heart involved in what you are doing? Every act should be a spiritual one involving your total being - soul, mind and body - done for the sake of the doing, given for the sake of the giving, worked for the sake of the working, not for the sake of what you can get out of it. The more you do this, uniting all the aspects of your being, the more you will create harmony, balance and peace.

  Jack Schwarz

  Spiritual, Heart, Thinking

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• It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.

  Cass Gilbert

  Thinking, Ignorant, Speak

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• Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

  Josh Billings

  Life, Positive, Inspiration

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• Think before you speak. Spend less than what you make. And whatever happens, try to make the best of what's going on.

  Mike Leonard

  Thinking, Trying, Speak

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• The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

  Mortimer Adler

  Wisdom, Philosophy, Thinking

  Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren (2014). “How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• Think before you speak. Think before you judge. Think before you think you have a person all figured out.

  Lily Collins

  Thinking, Judging, Speak

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