Quotes about Speech
Cursing, telling smutty stories, smearing the good name of another, and referring irreverently to God and the Scriptures may be considered as coming under the expression corrupt speech. Our speech is to be clean, pure, and wholesome.
— Billy Graham
It is warm." True, they were broken and stammering syllables; but they were human speech. My soul, conscious of new strength, came out of bondage, and was reaching through those broken symbols of speech to all knowledge and all faith.
— Helen Keller
As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.
— Joe Biden
You have control over three things — what you think what you say, and how you behave. To make a change in your life, you must recognize that these gifts are the most powerful tools you possess in shaping the form of your life.
— Sonya Friedman
Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.
— St. Augustine
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.
— Hildegard of Bingen
The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.
— Herbert Hoover
The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth.
— George Bernard Shaw
A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit... Perhaps their speech does convey truth, but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.
— Watchman Nee
Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.
— St. Augustine
If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future.
— Germany Kent
Just because the truth disturbs someone doesn't make speaking that truth hate speech.
— Ted Dekker