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We always have a choice about what we say

• Likewise, the words you speak (or write) are also consciously chosen. Like actions, they have an impact on your life and the lives of those you contact. Jim M. Allen
• Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely. Robert G. Allen
• People are hungry for messages of hope and life. What are you broadcasting? Morgan Brittany
• The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. Buddha
• Living consciously,  Choice,  Be impeccable with your word

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The words we say have great impact

• Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. Gautama Buddha
• The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience. Sonia Choquette
• Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. Publilius Syrus
• Words can help, words can heal…they can also hurt, and can also kill. Tim Walters
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Leave unkind words unsaid

• The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.
• By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. Winston Churchill
• If you have nothing nice to say about a person . . . don’t say it.
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Don’t say it when you’re angry…

• Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. Ambrose Bierce
• Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. Horace
• Don’t mix bad words with your bad mood. You’ll have many opportunities to change a mood, but you’ll never get the opportunity to replace the words you spoke. Nishan Panwar
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… for harsh words can do greats damage

• There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life. Frederika Bremer
• Harsh words can hurt a person more than physical pain.
• Remember that cruel words deeply hurt. Remember that loving words quickly heal.  Jackson Brown, Jr.
• One should be cautions not to speak anything that hurts others. Such kind of speech never helps but always brings destruction. Rig Veda
• The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood. Gautama Buddha
• The tongue pierces deeper than the spear. Hazrat Ali

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Before speaking, ask yourself if it is necessary, true and kind

• Before you speak, think – Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it kind? Will it hurt anyone? Will it improve on the silence? Sri Sathya Sai Baba
• If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind. Buddha
• If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius
• If something uncharitable is said in your presence, either speak in favor of the absent, or withdraw, or, if possible, stop the conversation. John Vianney
• Truth,  Honesty,  Kindness

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Don’t speak against yourself or gossip about others

• Be impeccable With Your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Don Miguel Ruiz
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If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it

• Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to.
• If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it. Earl Wilson
• Assume everything you say about another, they can overhear; now speak accordingly. Stephen Covey

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Speak of what is good about people

• Speaking with words that bring about harmony consists of speaking of what is good about people, instead of what is wrong with them. For some people, this is an almost impossible exercise, for they have become totally habituated to speaking critically. We all seem to have a special talent for finding critical things to say about the world, about others, and about ourselves! Jean-Yves Leloup
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Let your words bring peace and happiness

• Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. Gautama Buddha
• Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unbreakable. Buddha
• The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice. Thich Nhat Hanh
• Inner peace,  Happiness

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Speak from a place of kindness and compassion

• Kind speech is not the usual sense of kindness. It can appear in various ways, but we should remember that it must constantly be based on compassion. Compassion is always giving somebody support or help or a chance to grow. Katagiri Roshi
• Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Buddha
• A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1
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Think before you speak and let your speech create insight and understanding

• We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought. Oliver Sacks
• Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. Charles M. de Talleyrand
• If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening. George Barzan
• Right Speech means using communication as a way to further our understanding of ourselves and others and as a way to develop insight. Taitaku Patricia Phelan
• If only our tongues were made of glass how much more careful we would be when we speak. Shaun Shane
• Taste your words before you spit them out. You might need to eat them later. Rain Bojangles
• Insight,  Understanding

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Saying what is right requires active listening

• Deep listening is the foundation of Right Speech. If we cannot listen mindfully, we cannot practice Right Speech. No matter what we say, it will not be mindful, because we’ll be speaking only our own ideas and not in response to the other person. Thich Nhat Hanh
• You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. George Clooney
• Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
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Don’t feel compelled to natter away just for the sake of it

• A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
• People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say. Kurt Vonnegut
• The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it. Frank M. Garafola
• The chatterer reveals every corner of his shallow mind. Mike Bell
• It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. Maurice Switzer
• Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Plato

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Never miss a good chance to shut up

• The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. Josh Billings
• The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Dorothy Nevill
• Never miss a good chance to shut up. Will Rogers
• Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. Orson Rega Card
• Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. Robert Charles Benchley
• Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence. English Proverb
• An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. Walter Bagehot
• If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. Austin O’Malley
• Be careful with your words. Once they’re said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten. Hussein Nishah
• A person is master to those words they don’t say, and slave to the ones they do. John Reyes

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In fact, if you have nothing to say, say nothing

• If you have nothing to say, say nothing. Mark Twain
• Isn’t it surprising how many things, if not said immediately, seem not worth saying ten minutes from now? Arnot L. Sheppard, Jr.
• Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. Plato
• There’s no point barking when you don’t have anything to say. Ritu Ghatourey
• Idle chatter leads only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23b

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Silence at the right time can be better than any speech

• Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. Plutarch
• Does it seem sometimes that you are always the one to break an embarrassing silence — and always by saying something more embarrassing than the silence? Robert Brault
• Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence. Spanish Proverb
• Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. Thomas Carlyle
• Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. Martin Farquhar Tupper
• I have often regretted my speech, but never my silence. Publilius Syrus
• Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. Thomas Carlyle
• Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted. We should all learn just to be quiet at times. Hussein Nishah
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Cultivate quietness in your speech

• All noise is waste. So, cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then your low words will be charged with dynamite. Elbert Hubbard
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• Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. William Osler
• The tongue weighs practically nothing…but few people can hold it.
• A narrow mind is usually accompanied by a wide mouth.
• Taste your words before you spit them out. You might need to eat them later. Rain Bojangles
• Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.
• If you do not say it, they can’t repeat it.
• Wise people think all they say, fools say all they think.
• It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.

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