Verbal Integrity Quotes

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

It's a wise person who knows the difference between free speech and cheap talk.

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.

While it is good to speak well, it is better to speak the truth.

Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.

The literary gift is a very dangerous gift to possess if you are not telling the truth, and I would a great deal rather, for my part, have a man stumble in his speech than to feel he was so exceedingly smooth that he had better be watched both day and night.

I do not say what I do not mean. Neither can anyone force me to say what I don't wish to say.