John Ruskin: Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be…
Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.
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- You will never inspire people by criticizing them.
- If your word is good, you are good. If your word is no good, you are not good.
- You have to say what you hear, so you can see what you say.
- Speak what God says over people's lives and in doing so you empower them with an advantage because of your words.
- If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.
- We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly.