A Quote by E. M. Forster

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

E. M. Forster

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Before Creation Criticism Motto Speak Think Think Before You Speak

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E. M. Forster
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January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970

Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

William Arthur Ward

I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to think before they speak!

Ann Radcliffe

Think before you speak. Think before you judge. Think before you think you have a person all figured out.

Lily Collins

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

Lewis Carroll

You gave us power in our words, so I think before I speak, and that way when I speak, they know I'm here to teach.

DMX

Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself - a wise move at any age, but most especially at seventeen, when you are in the greatest danger of coming to annoying conclusions.

Fran Lebowitz

Think before you act; think twice before you speak.

Thomas Browne

There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before the indigent; of sound limbs and health before the infirm; of houses and lands before one who has not so much as a dwelling; in a word, to speak of your prosperity before the miserable; this conversation is cruel, and the comparison which naturally arises in them betwixt their condition and yours is excruciating.

Jean de la Bruyere

My people, you gotta think before you move, you gotta speak before you cry, you gotta live before you die.

Lil B

Sometimes I think, I need to think before I speak. And then other times I think, I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever.

Anna Kendrick

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Fran Lebowitz

Time, you'll be pleased to know--and since one must start somewhere--was created in creation. The question What was there before creation? is meaningless. Time is a property of creation, therefore before creation there was no before creation.

Glen Duncan

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

Dogen

We've all been hurt by words before. So before you speak, think about how your words might affect someone else.

Naya Rivera

I always speak with all the players during the week before every game we play, because it's important for them to know what I think and for me to see how they are before the game.

Manuel Pellegrini

I always think if you speak to someone in their second language, you speak to their head. If you speak in their first, you speak to their heart. I've always tried to let players see that.

Brendan Rodgers

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