Words
220 quotes: 20 by Keith Craft, 200 from other voices.
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- Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn.
- Look in thy heart and write.
- Manners are the shadows of virtues.
- Many men know how to flatter; few men know how to praise.
- Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
- Men who have much to say use the fewest words.
- Motivation is not a thinking word; it’s a feeling word.
- Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
- Never be so brief as to become obscure.
- Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another.
- Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.Marcus AureliusCommonly attributed
- Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you must have dirty hands.
- Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
- Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.
- No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.
- Nobody knows who may be listening; say nothing which you would not wish put in the daily paper.
- None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. Such persons covet secrets as spendthrifts do money, for the purpose of circulation.
- Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; if he were sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
- One of the greatest revelations of my life is: I can choose my thoughts and think things on purpose. In other words, I don’t have to just think about whatever falls into my mind
- One should use common words to say uncommon things.
- Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.
- Pay with compliments and you will always be wealthy.
- Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
- Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
- Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
- Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.
- Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
- Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
- Ready writing makes not good writing; but good writing brings on ready writing.
- 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.John RuskinSourced
- Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
- Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin.
- Silence is more eloquent than words.
- Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
- Silence never shows itself to so great an advantage as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation.
- Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
- Speak fitly, or be silent wisely.
- Speak no evil of a man if you know it not of him for certain, and if you do know it, then ask yourself, "Why do I tell it?
- Speak not at all till you have somewhat to speak; and care simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.
- Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.