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A waterfall cannot be silent, just as the wisdom! When they speak, the voice of power speaks!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
'A cascading torrent cannot remain noiseless, similar to knowledge! When they pronounce, the utterance of might resounds!'
2.
The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless.
Oscar Romero
Those with the power to do so must represent those without a means of expression.
3.
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
Plato
No one is more despised than he who voices the facts.
4.
When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.
Fannie Lou Hamer
When I free myself, I empower others. If you remain silent, no one will voice your concerns.
5.
It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us. We live in such a poverty of truth today.
Mother Angelica
It is your responsibility to express veracity, and each person can accept it or reject it. However, honesty must be within us. We exist in a dearth of sincerity presently.
6.
To speak another language is to have another soul
Charlemagne
To converse in a different tongue is to possess an alternate essence.
7.
You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
John Lewis
You must have the bravery to express your convictions without hesitation.
8.
Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.
John C. Maxwell
Express authenticity. Openness fosters credibility.
9.
Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.
William Shakespeare
Refrain from uttering anything hastily, and consider the implications of your words before you articulate them.
10.
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
Saint Francis de Sales
I have reached an understanding with my mouth, to remain silent when my emotions are in turmoil.
11.
There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.
Dante Alighieri
A delicate consideration often blossoms within me, since it connotes you.
12.
Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
To remain silent is to speak. To do nothing is to do something.
13.
I loved to dance because I was scared to speak. When I was moving, I could feel.
Pina Bausch
I cherished dancing since I was nervous to communicate. When I was grooving, I could sense.
14.
We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous.
Parmenides
15.
O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
John Knox
O Almighty, propel and regulate my words to articulate the veracity.
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The ministry of Christianity is the ministry of the Spirit. It is the Spirit of God that inhabits the words, that speaks to the spirit of another and reveals Christ in and through him.
John G. Lake
The mission of Christianity is the mission of the Holy Spirit. It is God's essence that permeates the words, that communicates to a person's soul and displays Christ inside and around them.
17.
How else would God speak to me, if not through my imagination?
Joan of Arc
What other means could the Lord employ to communicate with me, besides my creativity?
18.
When we pray we speak to God;
but when we read, God speaks to us.
St. Jerome
When we supplicate, we communicate with God; yet when we peruse, God addresses us.
19.
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.
William Shakespeare
Express our emotions honestly, not what we think is expected.
20.
Every time you speak right, you are training yourself to think right and act right.
T. B. Joshua
Every time you communicate effectively, you are conditioning yourself to think logically and behave correctly.
21.
Even when I lose faith in myself there is something in me that speaks through and says I am not finished yet.
T.I.
Even when I lack belief in myself, there is something within me that vociferates and declares I am not done yet.
22.
There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you... And there are others who will understand - without you even speaking a word.
Yasmin Mogahed
'Some will grasp your meaning without you uttering a sound, while others remain oblivious despite your most articulate explanation.'
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Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.
Saint John Chrysostom
'Let us ever watch our words; not that they should always be unspoken, but that they should be uttered at the appropriate moment.'
24.
Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do
Rakim
Encourage the young to be honest, demonstrate what tranquility can accomplish.
25.
Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.
Banksy
Utter gently, but bring a large tin of pigment.
26.
In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.
Karl Popper
"For a scientific statement to be meaningful, it must have the potential to be disproved; and if it cannot be disproved, then it is not referring to reality."
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When a man is filled with the Word of God you cannot keep him still, If a man has got the Word, he must speak or die.
Dwight L. Moody
When a man is saturated with the Word of God, he cannot remain silent; if he has the Word, he must verbalize or perish.
28.
If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up
Fred Korematsu
If you sense something is amiss, don't hesitate to express yourself.
29.
Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.
John Wayne
'Rarely do those who call themselves progressive exhibit true open-mindedness.... They will try to overpower and censure you if your opinion varies from their own.'
30.
If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God speak.
Amy Carmichael
If you have never experienced anguish from a communication of the divine, it is likely that you have never listened to God.
31.
Live in such a way that if someone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.
Zig Ziglar
Conduct yourself in a manner that if someone attempted to malign you, no one would give it credence.
32.
The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that when the Bible speaks, God speaks.
B. B. Warfield
The Bible is the uttered voice of God, allowing His divine will to be heard.
33.
God only speaks to those who understand the language
Albert Hofmann
Divinity converses exclusively with those who comprehend its idiom.
34.
When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.
Karl Barth
35.
If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well
Epictetus
37.
I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.
Abraham Isaac Kook
38.
Your words are containers for power, and by the words you speak you frame your world!
Paula White
39.
Through prayer we speak to God. In meditation, God speaks to us.
Edgar Cayce
40.
Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.
Franz Liszt
41.
I speak with dogs frequently. They don't really talk, but I feel they're communicating.
Bill Nye
42.
Most of all I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.
Christina Grimmie
43.
Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.
Richard Branson
44.
If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
J. C. Ryle
45.
In each of us is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from the way we see ourselves.
Carl Jung
46.
He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held high dies only once.
Giovanni Falcone
47.
Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.
Michelle Obama
48.
Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow.
Saint Augustine
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The best jihad is to speak a word of justice to an oppressive ruler.
Muhammad
50.
If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine.
Diana Wynne Jones