Motivational Quotes

Silence

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

- Lynn Johnston

Best Quotes about Silence

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

Richards, Edward Hersey

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Hardy, Thomas

He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

Smith, Sydney

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

Muhammad Ali

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

Hubbard, Kin

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Sir Francis Bacon

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.

William Shakespeare

You are a slave to what you do say, a master of what you don't say.

With silence favor me. (Favete Linguis)

Horace

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There are grammatical errors even in his silence.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

Samuel Johnson

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Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

KuBler-Ross, Elisabeth

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

Bagehot, Walter

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Their silence is sufficient praise.

Terence

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And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. [New Testament]

Bible

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The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.

Twain, Mark

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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Josh Billings

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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

Gibran, Kahlil

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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Plutarch

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Silence is the sanctuary of the prudent, it conceals not only secrets but also imperfections.

Zacharia

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If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

O'Malley, Austin

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There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?

Marceau, Marcel

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I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

Gabirol, Ibn

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Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

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Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.

Peter Minard

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The greatest admiration gives rise not to words, but to silence.

Musonnius

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Sometimes silence is not golden -- just yellow.

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The silent dog is the first to bite.

Proverb

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A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing.

John Tillotson

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

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X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

Dickson, R A

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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Confucius

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'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

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Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads on like a gray vegetation.

Arp, Jean

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There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.

Voltaire

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Words are a heavy thing...they weigh you down. If birds talked, they couldn't fly.

Sy Rosen and Christian Williams

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'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

Ovid

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Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak.