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E. M. Forster

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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
E. M. FORSTER Think before you speak. Read before you think.
FRAN LEBOWITZ Think before you speak, read before you think.
FRAN LEBOWITZ Think before you speak but do not speak everything that you think.
VIKRANT PARSAI Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO You are master of what you say until you utter it, once you deliver it, you are its captive. Preserv...
HAZRAT ALI IBN ABU-TALIB A.S Think before you speak, unless it's urgent
BENNY BELLAMACINA Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
LEWIS CARROLL Always think carefully before you speak, because it has an impact to those around you. Positivity st...
ZENG HAN JUN Think before you speak. You might need to remember what you said.
RAIN BOJANGLES Think twice before you speak to a friend in need.
AMBROSE BIERCE Think twice before you speak, then say it to yourself first.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Question what you hear. Think before you speak. Plan before you take action. Show respect but never ...
ZENG HAN JUN Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, invest...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.
ANONYMOUS Think twice before you speak - and you'll find everyone talking about something else
FRANCES RODMAN Before you speak Listen. Before you write Think. Before you criticise Wait. Before you Quit Try. Bef...
FEMALE IMAGINATION Watch out for the chameleons! Mind your mind! Watch your words! Sometimes, some people will appear v...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you in...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before ...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Too many of us speak twice before we think
SOURCE UNKNOWN It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your...
CASS GILBERT Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR. Before you speak, think -Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it kind? Will it hurt anyone? Will it impro...
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you s...
EVAN ESAR We fail to say the right words, because we choose to say the wrong words! We choose to say the wrong...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We fail to say the right words, because we choose to say the wrong words! We choose to say the wrong...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit bef...
DANICA PATRICK Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success...
NAPOLEON HILL Before you speak "THINK"
T- Is it "True"?
H- Is it "Humble"?
I- Is it "Inspirational"...
ABHINAV KUSHWAHA No, Sir, because I have time to think before I speak, and don't ask impertinent questions.
ERASMUS DARWIN Every time you speak, you are either building up yourself for the better or you are limiting yoursel...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.
HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS) When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
THOMAS JEFFERSON When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.
THOMAS JEFFERSON When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred
THOMAS JEFFERSON I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now.
TAYLOR SWIFT Before you speak... I have already heard. Before you see... I had seen a million times. Before you r...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON To think is to speak low. To speak is to think aloud.
MAX MUELLER Good friends never say help me, they help before you speak for it
ASIF ATAHI Never speak more clearly than you think
JEREMY BERNSTEIN Explain yourself when it is a must, but sometimes, in life, keep quit when people think you are mad ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Never let your excitement to fuel your decisions.
PRITISH PATTANAIK When you think in silence you cannot speak your mind.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak...
SOURCE UNKNOWN When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.
MAGGIE KUHN When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
THOMAS JEFFERSON Before you speak words of hatred, so count with peace in your voice to ten.
KRISTIAN GOLDMUND AUMANN Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind -- even if your voice shakes.
MAGGIE KUHN How do I know what I think until I see what I say?
E.M. FORSTER I believe in aristocracy, though -- if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an ...
E.M. FORSTER Say as you think and speak it from your souls.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Before I speak, I have something important to say.
GROUCHO MARX I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.
ERIN O'CONNOR I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.
ERIN O'CONNOR Never speak ill against someone else. You can't know what life holds for you. The ill you speak agai...
BOBBY F. KIMBROUGH JR. Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
BLAISE PASCAL Choose your words before talking
SOTONYE ANGA Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON The real power of silence is to keep silent. The real power of silence is in the works of silence!
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It was one of those parties where you cough twice before you speak and then decide not to say it aft...
P.G. WODEHOUSE If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself
BLAISE PASCAL If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
BLAISE PASCAL Before you speak, listen.Before you write, think.Before you spend, earn.Before you invest, investiga...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD I like to think I speak for a lot of the players. But a lot of the players don't ever support me, wh...
SCOTTY BOWMAN Speak, do and think as befits Him.
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Think much, speak little, and write less
FRENCH PROVERB Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
BLAISE PASCAL Feel, think, speak.
JIM GENOVESE It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning t...
DYLAN MORAN The 50/50 rule means that when people meet you for the first time, before you ever speak, there is a...
CARLA HARRIS why talk and say the unsaid words in haste when silence can speak the unspoken words?
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now w...
K'NAAN It is impossible to speak of a situation without having gone through it before.
DANIEL MELGAçO Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE do tou think i would speak for you? i dont even know your language
JUDD NELSON Think before you speak. In the heat of the moment, it's easy to say something you'll later regret. I...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Before you ask someone what happened, ask yourself do I really care.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I think more than I speak and I speak more than I do.
SHANA ODEN You hope he's learned something. I think eventually he'll speak out against abuse to women.
SPIKE LEE Do you not know that I am a woman? When I think, I must speak
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
NATHAN LANE People will make judgments before you even speak based on the way you look. Most definitely your phy...
JONATHAN ADLER Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpfu...
BERNARD MELTZER Speak low if you speak love.
DON PEDRO Speak low if you speak love.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Speak low, if you speak love.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A friend is one before whom you may think aloud.
UNKNOWN Life is too short, so think first before you proceed.
PETER ALMOJUELA CHRISTENSEN Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
PILGRIMS Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
PEACE PILGRIM Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness a...
ALFORD I think he should speak less.
ED RENWICK Think before you do! Don’t ever be in haste to make a mistake, for that can be a big mistake! Thin...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before...
SENECA It's being edited as we speak. I think it might come out in the winter,
ANDY DICK Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron...
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E. M. CIORAN Earnestness is good and impressive: genius is gifted and great. Thought kindles and inspires, but it...
E. M. BOUNDS Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of pr...
E. M. BOUNDS We love orthodoxy. It is good. It is the best. It is the clean, clear cut teaching of God's Word, th...
E. M. BOUNDS Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.
E. M. CIORAN There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.
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