THINK
BEFORE YOU SPEAK
The full proverb is “ Think before
ou speak, and look before you leap.”
Thoughtless speech can be dangerous.
When you speak spontaneously, you get no time to examine the consequences of
what you say.
Never forget that the essential purpose
of an ideal speech is to heal, not to hurt.
Also remember, that words cut deeper
than the sword. The cuts of a sword heal up sooner than those of the tongue.
Somebody rightly said that “The true
purpose of speech is to share ideas, spark action, and connect mind.” It can
also be said that a good speech should turn enemies into friends, not friends
into enemies.
Gandhiji (1869-1948) said: Man
spoils matters much more by speech than by silence. He suggests: Look at
Nature. She is continuously in action, never rests for a single moment, yet is
mute.
Here are some famous quotes:-
1.
Speech
is a faculty given to man to conceal his thoughts.---Talleyrand, French clergyman and statesman (1754-1838).
2.
A
superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.---Confucius, Chinese philosopher (Died 479
BC).
3. According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of
the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in the end
shall find itself unfortunate; in all that ever I observed I ever found that
men’s fortunes are oftener made by their tongues than by their virtues, and more men’s fortunes
overthrown thereby, also, than by their vices.---Sir Walter Raleigh, English statesman and writer (1552-1618).
4. There are three things that ought to
be considered before Some things are spoken, --the manner, the place, and the
time.----Robert Southey, English poet (1774-1843).
5. Never rise to
speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.----John Witherspoon, OTTISH DIVINE (1723-1794)/
6. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence;
and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good
words, or in good order.---Francis Bacon,
English philosopher and essayist (1561-1626).
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G.R.Kanwal
16 August 2026
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