Wise Words Quotes

Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

Realize now the power that your words command if you simply choose them wisely.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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

Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

Wise books For half the truths they hold are honored tombs.

When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

I adore quotes.

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And he is oft the wisest manWho is not wise at all.

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

Scoffing cometh not of wisdom.

Coaches? They can talk. I tell them: 'Just make sure before you open your mouth you've researched what you're about to say. Don't just say stuff. And if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything.'

If nothing else, I'm a decent quote.

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.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.

Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.

You can learn by listening, or by getting whacked between the eyes with a two-by-four. I always found listening easier.

As veterans we should be smarter about how we talk about things.