Top 1200 Think Before You Speak Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him.

My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned.

I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.

If you speak the truth - and I believe people should speak the truth about Islam - you pay a very heavy price.

I think I try to speak to the heart of the woman who I know is interested in growing into herself.

Speak God's words over your circumstances today. Speak His words in faith and watch Him move!

It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed - who cannot speak for themselves.

The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment.

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Great works of music speak to us from another realm even though they speak to us in ordinary physical sounds.

I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed.

At present we can only reason of the divine justice from what we know of justice in man. When we are in other scenes, we may have truer and nobler ideas of it; but while we are in this life, we can only speak from the volume that is laid open before us.

You can recognize the Spirit of Christ within you when you speak to one another or speak of another person with a warm smile instead of with a frown or scowl.

What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those with whom we associate, that we speak of one another’s virtues more than we speak of one another’s faults, that optimism replace pessimism, that our faith exceed our fears. When I was a young man and was prone to speak critically, my father would say: “Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve.

I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.

Speak to people according to the development of their consciousness, for if you speak all things to all people, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors!

People are tired of the same ol' garbage. They want people that are willing to speak out, speak up, be open and honest with them.

If there are things that some think are wrong, then people have the right to speak up.

Sometimes when we have to speak suddenly we come closer to the truth than when we have time to think.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

I don't recommend that people speak their minds to their bosses or to somebody who's directly over them. You need to know when to speak your mind and what the penalty will be for doing so. Sometimes it's worth it, and often it's not!

You should always speak up. That's what I like to teach my fans - to be real and speak up for things you're passionate about.

It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter.

I think recent revelations about who's in what bed speak to the problems with what happened in the Gulf.

I'll tell you what I think. I think sages are the growing tip of the secret impulse of evolution. I think they are the leading edge of the self-transcending drive that always goes beyond what went before. I think they embody the very drive of the Kosmos toward greater depth and expanding consciousness. I think they are riding the edge of a light beam toward a rendezvous with God.

I think the most annoying language is a tie between all the ones I don't know how to speak.

I don't like to think of myself as just a person. I don't think I am. I think I existed before, and I think I'll exist again after I die here, so I don't exactly know what I am. I don't think there is ever going to be an answer. I just know that I'm not like you.

Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies.

Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere.

I’ve always said to my agents and stuff, like, it’s going to be 10 years before people forget about Twilight, And that’s totally understandable. Normally people keep working and working until their big break. You just keep trying to make the best of your decisions. Like I try to think how I used to think before all the Twilight movies.

I've learned when to speak out. You do have to learn when to bide your time and when to speak out, and I don't always get it right.

Somebody has always wanted me to speak as a voice of black America, but it has dawned on me that I can only speak for myself.

Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.

Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.

If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.

For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.

Some of my fans have said that because I've been able to speak about my issues, that they're not afraid to speak about theirs, which is an amazing feeling.

It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now.

Let us, then, be what we are; speak what we think; and in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth.

As a queen I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.

I want children who feel embarrassed because they speak Spanish to realize that there are places where the beautiful Spanish they speak is an asset.

You just work really hard and scrutinize. What is it called in politics? "Opposition research"? You want to do the detective work on your client so to speak before your opponent can dig it up. We're vetting everything thoroughly.

If you're not willing to speak out for the rights of other people, then who do you expect to speak out for you when it's your turn?

I think it's my responsibility, to speak up when something threatens our very future.

To speak of 'limits to growth' under a capitalistic market economy is as meaningless as to speak of limits of warfare under a warrior society.

If you have trouble in your private life, who are you going to speak to? Not the new friend you made the day before, but people you trust and have known forever. Vuitton, Berluti, Hermes: it is those brands that have never compromised on quality or values that people turn to.

It's important for me to give each thing the possibility to speak and also to allow artworks speak to each other.

That's what's great about Howard Zinn. Here's a guy who says, "Look, democracy doesn't come from above - it comes from below." The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.

I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.

I think its important to speak up for the environment because the Earth is not saying something.

Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak.

I think it's important that 'Star Wars' characters speak universally, to kids and to people.

It is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the deans.