Sayings about Speaking
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance. ~ Italian Proverbs
One should speak a little with others and a lot with oneself. ~ Danish Proverbs
When men speak of the future, the gods laugh. ~ Chinese Proverb
Never speak ill of the dead. ~ Traditional Proverb
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~ Slovenian Proverbs
To speak French doesn’t mean you are smart. ~ Haitian Proverbs
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ~ Dutch Proverbs
With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can’t even keep the deaf quiet. ~ Chinese Proverb
Let him speak who has seen with his eyes. ~ Congolese Proverbs
No woman ever speaks the naked truth. ~ Italian Proverb
When a liar speaks the truth, he is sick. ~ Romanian Proverbs
If your heart is a rose, then your mouth will speak perfumed words. ~ Russian Proverbs
Nothing speaks more eloquently than money. ~ French Proverb
A good speaker makes a good liar. ~ German Proverb
Eat when the meal is ready, speak when the time is ripe. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue; to the end we should hear and see more than we speak. ~ Greek Proverb
Our parents taught us to speak and the world taught us to be silent. ~ Czech Proverb
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit. ~ French Proverb
Do not speak of secret matters in a field that is full of little hills. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak. ~ French Proverb
Everyone is wise until he speaks. ~ Irish Proverb
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it. ~ Arabian Proverb
In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer. ~ Norwegian Proverb
The speaker may well be a fool but the listener is wise. ~ Japanese Proverb
He who doesn’t speak will get no help from God. ~ Mexican Proverb
He who speaks a lot learns little. ~ Armenian Proverb
Where gold speaks every tongue is silent. ~ Italian Proverb
The less one thinks, the more one speaks. ~ French Proverb
A speaker needs no tools. ~ Nepalese Proverb
Examine what is said, not him who speaks. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. ~ German Proverb
When money speaks the truth is silent. ~ Russian Proverb
Speak the truth and shame the devil. ~ Traditional Proverb
The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks. ~ Yiddish Proverb
All food is fit to eat, but not all words are fit to speak. ~ Haitian Proverb
Listen with both ears, but speak with only one tongue. ~ Turkish Proverb
The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand. ~ Chinese Proverb
Among walnuts only the empty one speaks. ~ Moroccan Proverb
One may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace. ~ Polish Proverb
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. ~ Traditional Proverb
When the heart is full the tongue will speak. ~ Scottish Proverb
He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup. ~ Turkish Proverb
Don’t speak sweet words when your deeds are of stone. ~ Turkish Proverb
A good man, but his mad dog won’t let you speak to him. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Who speaks alone is always right. ~ Zanzibar Proverb
Speak little and to the purpose. ~ Traditional Proverb
It would be good to have two mouths and speak to yourself with both. ~ Icelandic Proverb
Speak of the devil and he appears. ~ Italian Proverb
God speaks a foreign tongue. ~ Namibian Proverb
When deeds speak, words are nothing. ~ African Proverb
Where necessity speaks it demands. ~ Russian Proverb
Rather weigh the will of the speaker, than the worth of the words. ~ English Proverb
To speak ill of anyone is to speak ill of yourself. ~ Afghan Proverb
The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
If a man’s mouth were silent, then another part would speak. ~ Arabian Proverb
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it. ~ Greek Proverb
It is good to know the truth and to speak the truth. It is even better to know the truth and speak about palm trees. ~ Arabian Proverb
A dirty soul can be cleansed when one speaks. ~ Kyrgyzstani Proverb
Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts . ~ Tibetan Proverb
If you can’t give any sugar then speak sweetly. ~ Indian Proverb
Many speak much who cannot speak well. ~ United States Proverb
Speak when you are spoken to. ~ Traditional Proverb
What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. ~ Romanian Proverb
Quotations about Speaking
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership. ~ James Humes
It’s not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause. ~ Jack Benny
Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. ~ Dale Carnegie
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ~ Dale Carnegie
He that speaks much, is much mistaken. ~ Benjamin Franklin
We should speak as the populace but think as the learned. ~ Sir Edward Coke
What we say is important… for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. ~ Jim Beggs
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say. ~ Claudius
I do not speak of what I cannot praise. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you can’t write your message in a sentence, you can’t say it in an hour. ~ Dianna Booher
Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending, sit down. ~ Winston Churchill
Most speakers speak ten minutes too long. ~ James Humes
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don’t care how much a person talks if they only say it in a few words. ~ Josh Billings
If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? ~ Thomas Carlyle
If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said. ~ Dale Carnegie
The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Grasp the subject, the words will follow. ~ Cato The Elder
Once you get people laughing, they’re listening and you can tell them almost anything. ~ Herbert Gardner
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ~ Ben Jonson
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. ~ John Ford
