Top 1200 Speak Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I found myself mute.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole.

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

It is hard to speak the truth about valued national institutions. But when they are not fit for purpose, we must speak out.

Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.

I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me.

Some people you speak to you speak into their heads. It's logical.

I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet.

When I go to speak at schools, I speak to mothers and fathers, because the way we are raising kids in our country is wrong.

I don't believe in letting my words speak for me, I let my actions speak.

To speak or do anything that shall concern mankind, one must speak and act as if well, or from that grain of health which he has left.

Everyone appreciates me for my honesty. Why shouldn't I speak my mind? I will not say I am blunt. I don't speak about others.

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but I can speak for me and tell you very, very honestly."

Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy.

We have too often been expected to speak all things to all people and speak everyone else's position but our own.

If, in English, we speak words, the French speak thoughts.

If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

If you are going to be underestimated by people who speak more rapidly, the temptation is to speak slowly and strategically and outwit them.

All people in the world - who are not hermits or mutes - speak words. They speak different languages, but they speak words. They say, "How are you" or "I'm not feeling well" all over the world. These common words - these common elements that we have between us - the writer has to take some verbs and nouns and pronouns and adjectives and adverbs and arrange them in a way that sound fresh.

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

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I've been there.

Speak from your heart, not your head. You speak from your head, you can wind up getting yourself in a lot of crap. You speak from your heart, I think you're pretty safe.

To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.

Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak at all yourself.

Letting the Bible speak for itself, that is, letting it speak in its own terms, includes letting the Bible speak from within its own worldview rather than merely our own.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

We all need friends with whom we can speak of our deepest concerns, and who do not fear to speak the truth in love to us.

Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.

To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty

It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior

My character in 'Uthamaputhiran' will not speak much. But the audience would sure speak about my role after watching the film.

The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers - because it lives with those who know how to speak.

We speak Turkish at home, and I can speak the language. I have a lot of family there - I try to fly to Turkey once a year when I have holidays.

People often ask me why I continue to speak out if it's hurting my family. But that's exactly why I speak out. The people Erdogan is targeting are my family, my friends, my neighbors, my classmates. I need to speak out, or my country will suffer in silence.

I don't just talk about jewelry and cars and houses and belittling those that don't have that. I'm a democrat. I speak for the democrats. I speak for the soil.

As adults, we have a legal and moral obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused - they cannot speak for themselves.

Most people think it's a linear relationship: I speak, you listen. Actually, it's a circle, because the way you listen affects how I speak, and the way I speak affects the way you listen.

Speak up, speak often and don’t worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them.

I'm really quiet at home. I don't speak that much. However, when I'm in public, I make sure to speak to everyone.

How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?

I speak to people in the languagethey understand. First I have a dialogue, if that is not understood I speak inanother language. There is no remedy for this.

Manute Bol was one of the guys who taught me to be bold. To be fierce. To speak intelligently, and speak like you belong.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience trauma, you can speak about it in so many different ways. You can speak about landscape, you can speak about your food; it's always different. Trauma is the beginning of life as an artist.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Well, I'm trilingual myself. I am, I know how to speak Spanish, English, obviously, and I speak pretty good Ebonics.

I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

I am not a guy who can write speeches and when I speak I speak from the heart, I just say what I feel and what I believe in.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

[European audiences differ from American] they talk different. The ones in Holland speak Dutch. The ones in Switzerland speak Swiss. That's the only difference.

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.

When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about justice, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about peace, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about truth and life and redemption, we are speaking about Christ.