Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.
We've all been hurt by words before. So before you speak, think about how your words might affect someone else.
You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with his
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions?
When the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts.
Use soft words in hard arguments.
Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.
Never underestimate the power of words to heal and reconcile relationships.
The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.
The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
In our house we don't use words like "despise" and 'hate,' we say "strongly dislike."
He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.
It becomes still more difficult to find Words at once true and kind, Or not untrue and not unkind.
